Surviving as a Mage in a Magic Academy - Chapter 932

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Chapter 932

Lee Han muttered as he collected 【Asen’s Polarizing Mirror】.

Basically, illusion mages had very poor compatibility with Lee Han.

Moreover, Lee Han had recently gained deep understanding of the principles of soul fall.

With his understanding of souls now greatly heightened, the difficulty for illusion mages to attack Lee Han was unimaginably high.

‘I wish other places were like this too.’

Lee Han felt joy at this unexpected stroke of luck.

It would be nice if other places were like this too, but it probably wouldn’t be easy. Not all mages who possessed items would be illusion mages.

Even if they were illusion mages, they wouldn’t necessarily compose all their defensive magic solely of illusion magic…

What happened here at Uap’s workshop should be considered lucky. Lee Han reminded himself not to hope for such fortune.

“…Hmm. Did I break too much?”

Lee Han, who was about to leave after collecting the polarizing mirror, paused.

Taking one last look at the workshop before leaving, it seemed like the magic had been broken a bit too much.

…To be more precise, all the defensive magic had been destroyed.

It might be considered excessive, but Lee Han had his excuses too.

The magic spells in the underground workshop were so numerous and complexly interconnected that Lee Han couldn’t carefully disable them in moderation.

Some magic was difficult to understand, and if he carelessly tampered with them, unexpected adverse effects could occur. From Lee Han’s perspective, he had no choice but to smash them with full force.

He was still just a second-year student – what kind of power control and consideration could he manage? That was still beyond him.

‘In a way, this is also one method of position movement. The upperclassmen will understand.’

It was closer to robbery than theft, but Lee Han shook his head.

His identity hadn’t been discovered, he had secured his target item, and he hadn’t caused any particular damage to the surroundings.

The magic in the workshop had been miserably shattered, but this much should be fine.

‘There must be other upperclassmen who did it this way!’

* * *

“Hmm. I’m not sure if it’ll be okay.”

Arien, who had been waiting on the first floor of the guild hall building located on the opposite side, spoke with a worried expression.

“It’ll be fine. That student has excellent adaptability.”

“I know Einroguard students are talented, but it is a mage’s workshop after all.”

Originally, Arien had planned to make contact with Uap himself.

To naturally approach someone holed up in a workshop, he would need to visit with an excuse.

However, Lee Han had declined Arien’s proposal.

-In that case, it would be easy to be tracked when the item disappears later. I don’t want to cause trouble for you, Arien.

-But just infiltrating is dangerous. It’s a mage’s workshop, isn’t it?

-Hmm. I’ll carefully explore first and come back. If it seems impossible, I’ll ask for help.

The Wardanaz family boy had declared he would cast invisibility magic himself and then explore the underground.

His will was unshakably firm, so they couldn’t dissuade him further, but regret remained.

Arien knew well how dangerous mages’ workshops were.

No matter how small in size or ordinary in appearance, mages’ workshops were sturdier and more lethal than most fortresses. No matter how much he was an Einroguard student and a genius from the Wardanaz family, another mage’s workshop was a different story.

One mistake and…

“It’s done!”

“?!!”

When Lee Han returned with a bright expression, both were startled.

To return this quickly?

“Did you find a way to enter?”

“Ah. No. While looking around, it seemed like I could just break through with force, so I broke in, knocked out the other person, and took it.”

Lee Han carefully took out 【Asen’s Polarizing Mirror】.

Since it was the target item, it had to be handled carefully.

Of course, the two people had no interest in the artifact Lee Han had brought out. The story they had just heard was too shocking for that.

“Wait, wait a moment. Young master. I don’t understand!”

“I thought you might say that.”

Lee Han nodded as if he had expected this reaction.

As expected of an experienced merchant, he had quickly noticed something was off.

“You must be feeling that way because of the evil aura emanating from this artifact. I think it’s been corrupted.”

Though it wasn’t easy to detect with mana, Lee Han could see that the interdimensional spirit passage connected to 【Asen’s Polarizing Mirror】 had turned dark and murky.

Things that could be observed or seen through the polarizing mirror were clearly being secretly corrupted by the power of another evil dimension.

What was more vicious was that it wasn’t easy for mages to notice this.

Even checking the mana immediately showed no abnormalities, and the power from other evil dimensions didn’t immediately exert influence, making it hard to detect.

By the time a mage felt something was wrong, they would already be corrupted beyond redemption.

“It’s not easy to notice corruption, but as expected of you, Arien. Your discernment is excellent!”

“…Ah, no. Was it corrupted? That’s not what I was talking about.”

Arien hurriedly cleared up the misunderstanding in a flustered manner.

What would he know? Arien was an experienced merchant, not a mage.

He had heard rumors that Uap collected suspicious artifacts, but he hadn’t expected that polarizing mirror to be such an artifact.

Then Lee Han looked puzzled.

“Then what don’t you understand?”

“…Everything that just happened! How did someone who went in to check the workshop’s structure come out with the polarizing mirror?!”

Amur nodded beside him as if to say well said.

Since he wasn’t talkative by nature, he was extremely grateful that Arien was questioning this now.

“Ah. You mean that.”

Lee Han looked sheepish as if he hadn’t thought of it at all and explained what had happened.

After casting invisibility and a few illusion spells, he passed through the first floor and went down to the underground where magic was densely installed, but it looked like it could be broken by force so he broke through and entered…

“That’s all there is to it. Nothing special.”

“…”

“…”

The two suffered from the feeling that their known magical common sense was being denied.

…Were workshop magic spells so easily broken like that?

‘No matter how much he’s from the Wardanaz family, to so easily destroy the magic Uap had installed…’

Arien felt a deep thrill in his heart.

It seemed he would have to raise his evaluation of the young master of the Wardanaz family much higher.

To so easily rob Uap’s workshop in broad daylight.

“Excellent. Magnificent.”

Amur was the first to regain his composure and praise him. Lee Han spoke with a humble attitude.

“I was just lucky. If it had been other magic, I wouldn’t have been able to break it so easily.”

“Haha. In my hometown, there’s a saying that bringing good luck is also a person’s ability.”

Arien, who belatedly regained his senses, joined the conversation.

“Young master. Is there anything inside that needs to be cleaned up?”

If fire or threatening summoned creatures had been called forth, people would need to be sent.

Otherwise, no one knew when the danger from the underground workshop might spread outside.

“Ah. You don’t need to worry about that. All the magic inside has been destroyed. There’s no particular danger.”

“In, indeed… I see.”

Facing the Einroguard student, both simultaneously thought to themselves.

‘Can this be called a quiet retrieval?’

Strictly speaking it was quiet, but it seemed like too bold an assault…

‘No. This time was just a coincidence. The young master of the Wardanaz family wouldn’t deliberately cause a commotion.’

* * *

The next target was a manor located in the aristocratic district at the center of the city.

It was actually the manor of a branch family connected to the Greenbel family.

In Granden City, the Greenbel family was a traditional urban noble family whose power could not be underestimated. Arien warned that they needed to be careful.

“Even though it’s a branch family, if the commotion grows too large, the Greenbel family members will also move to help. Even setting that aside, since they’re financially wealthy, their defenses will be thorough.”

A manor defended by influential patrons who couldn’t be ignored and abundant gold coins.

Arien thought now was the time to choose the orthodox method.

Disguise as a merchant who came to offer gifts and thoroughly investigate the manor’s strengths and weaknesses.

“Hmm. I’ll go inside first to check things out and come back.”

“…You’re not going to beat everyone up and take it like last time, are you?”

Lee Han burst into laughter at Arien’s joke.

“Haha. You’re quite good at joking!”

“It was a joke, but…”

‘Though there was a bit of sincerity mixed in.’

“I’ll just check the manor’s structure and come out.”

The two waited for Lee Han to return at a nearby tavern.

Had about 30 minutes passed?

Lee Han emerged from an alley, dispelling his invisibility magic, and let out a deep breath.

“You’re back! You must have worked hard. Now, how can we help you prepare?”

“Hmm. Well, the thing is.”

Lee Han hesitated before lifting his backpack. Then he pulled out the squirrel statue artifact from inside.

This copper statue emitting a vivid red glow was the divination magic artifact that Professor Passelette Kraer had requested.

“Actually, I brought it out.”

“…”

“…”

Amur nearly dropped the tin cup he was holding. Arien was so dumbfounded that he forgot his merchant’s principles and glared at the young master.

What was going on here?

“You said you’d just check the structure and come out!”

“No… there are circumstances involved here.”

“Did the opponent perhaps look too weak?”

“What are you talking about? It’s not like that.”

Lee Han waved his hands at their reactions and did his best to explain.

While he had acted somewhat like a bandit at Uap’s workshop thanks to luck, Lee Han was originally a mage who enjoyed quiet, traceless work.

Mages who liked frontal confrontations and showing off couldn’t join the Teleportation Club in the first place.

As such, Lee Han had really planned to go with the most orthodox of orthodox methods when attacking this manor.

Secretly check the manor’s structure, identify weaknesses, then visit the manor with help from others, gradually spread chaos to make the gaps larger…

When countless seemingly coincidental events were woven together in an order only mages knew, the target would quietly disappear without anyone knowing.

Even with Lee Han’s explanation, the two remained indifferent. Their expressions said to hurry up and tell them about raiding the manor.

“…Well, when I went inside, I found that the eastern section of the manor was guarded by a water spirit.”

Not only the water spirit, but powerful water magic was swirling through the eastern wing, keeping watch for intruders.

Seeing this, Lee Han thought he’d try attempting elemental control, just in case.

It probably wouldn’t be easy enough for an external mage to steal control, but there was no harm in trying.

And Lee Han gained control of the element.

-…Huh.

His powerful mana and trained elemental magic gave Lee Han the strength to steal the manor’s magic.

The water spirit, realizing that some intruder had stolen elemental control, rushed over in anger.

Then after spotting Lee Han, it quickly fled.

-Uh…

Lee Han realized things had gotten bigger than expected and decided to retreat.

The other sections of the manor hadn’t noticed the disturbance yet, but it was only a matter of time before they could be discovered…

-Who goes there! Which bastard is messing with the magic… Gack!

-Damn.

Unluckily, a noble wearing a red silk vest came running after hearing the commotion.

Lee Han had no choice but to knock out his opponent using the water power he was controlling. He couldn’t just leave whoever it was alone.

“After that, I searched his body, and he was carrying this. So I just took it.”

“…”

“…Is it really okay to take it so blatantly like this?”

“I don’t know either…”

It was the first time they’d seen a thief who stole things so aggressively while avoiding being seen.

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