Surviving as a Mage in a Magic Academy - Chapter 954

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Chapter 954

“The conversation was enjoyable. Thank you.”

“Gonadaltes says he enjoyed it as well.”

“Hahaha! Thank you!”

The mages left the private room in delight.

To think they would have such a direct conversation with the great archmage.

Moreover, he was a much kinder person than they had expected.

“…”

“…”

As the noisy mages left, the room suddenly became quiet.

The insane doppelganger remained silent without saying a word.

No matter how insane he was, he was still a projection that had split off from an archmage, so his brilliance hadn’t gone anywhere.

He had finally realized that there was no point in blaming or scolding a disciple who absolutely wouldn’t listen.

Instead, the insane doppelganger quietly began explaining magic again.

“I shall continue the story of the Dark Emperor’s Crown.”

“Yes.”

“…”

Ilendil was now feeling wonder beyond fear and shock.

Could it be that his junior possessed some kind of relic of the insane doppelganger?

Otherwise, there was no reason for him to act so kindly.

“The previous casting was conducted with the help of royalty.”

To welcome his wicked nemeses, no, the Baldrogard students, Lee Han had been semi-forced to cast the Dark Emperor’s Crown.

“…Whaaaat???”

Of course, this was completely news to Ilendil.

At the mention that a 2nd year underclassman had cast the Dark Emperor’s Crown, Ilendil unconsciously screamed.

“When?!”

“Be quiet. Do you not know proper etiquette?”

“I’m so-so-sorry…”

Ilendil shrank back immediately.

Even though he knew intellectually that the insane doppelganger was more generous than expected, facing him directly still brought waves of fear.

“I used it when the Baldrogard students came last time.”

“I think… this is the first I’m hearing of it.”

“Didn’t I mention it at the Watchman Club? We talked about forbidden ancient magic.”

“…?”

Tilting his head in confusion, Ilendil was finally able to recall the memory.

-Hey. I heard someone cast forbidden ancient magic on those other magic school guys this time?

-Heh. I know who it was. None other than the 5th year from Blue Dragon Tower, top of the Buyeo Magic School, descendant of great bloodline, Yukebeltirada.

“…You!!”

And recalling even unnecessary memories, Ilendil was additionally shocked.

Clearly, when the topic of ‘who cast the forbidden ancient magic?’ came up at the Watchman Club, this junior using Gonadaltes’ alias had framed Yukveltire.

All the Watchman Club members had been convinced, thinking ‘Indeed, Yukveltire could do such a thing’…!

But the real culprit was someone else entirely. Ilendil felt chills down his spine.

“How… how could you tell such a lie…?”

“Huh? I don’t know what you’re talking about.”

“You framed…! You framed Senior Yukveltire…!”

“I don’t remember that.”

Lee Han sparkled his eyes innocently as if he knew nothing at all.

Ilendil became confused, wondering if his junior really didn’t know.

‘Did he for-forget? Really?’

“Enough. Your idle chatter is going too far.”

The insane doppelganger cut off their conversation.

The fact that he had waited for such unrelated talk was itself very rare.

“How much do you remember?”

“I remember the general form, but beyond that…”

Lee Han glanced around cautiously.

At that time, the insane doppelganger had given instructions for almost everything from the magic’s structure to wand movements, phrases carved in ancient script from the Three Kingdoms period, directions and flames.

What Lee Han had actually done was essentially just offering his mana.

It couldn’t be helped, as summoning the Dark Emperor’s Crown was magic with difficulty far too high for the current Lee Han.

Even if he wanted to step forward and do something himself, there was nothing he could do.

Rather, the fact that he remembered even the general form proved Lee Han’s growth.

‘I did my best to remember, so surely he won’t be angry.’

“To remember the form. That’s acceptable.”

“!”

At the insane doppelganger’s reaction, Lee Han realized his mistake.

Seeing the other’s reaction, it seemed he wouldn’t have been angry even if he said he didn’t know.

‘Ugh. I should have just said I’d start over from the beginning.’

To unnecessarily advance the curriculum and raise the learning difficulty. It was a painful mistake.

“As I said, this artifact has principles similar to those of the Dark Emperor’s Crown.”

The insane doppelganger continued his explanation calmly.

Apart from his composed and monotone voice, the content within was incredibly complex and difficult.

If the listeners hadn’t been a 4th year genius and a 2nd year disciple, they might have quickly dropped out and collapsed.

Lee Han concentrated his mind, trying his best to organize and summarize somehow.

‘So…’

The parts that Lee Han had directly done under the insane doppelganger’s instructions when preparing the Dark Emperor’s Crown summoning magic could be replaced by this artifact’s own power.

Currently, since it was connected to an evil deity, severance and purification were essential, but even considering that, it was remarkable.

‘Honestly, I’m not confident about casting it alone.’

“Um… I have a question.”

Ilendil opened her mouth while reading the mood. The insane doppelganger showed no reaction.

Unable to bear watching, Lee Han spoke instead.

“You may ask.”

“Is it really okay to ask…?”

“If you ask, I’ll relay it.”

“…Once the connection with the evil deity is severed, I’ll need to contact a new deity, but is there a way to contact the deity I want?”

Ilendil asked slowly, saying one sentence and then watching the insane doppelganger’s reaction.

Lee Han relayed it exactly.

“Is there a way to contact the desired deity after severing the connection with the evil deity?”

‘A parrot?’

“It’s not difficult. This artifact originally has the power to amplify divinity for connection with divine beings. A symbol with strong symbolism and divine power would be sufficient.”

Ilendil’s face brightened at the positive answer.

Originally, she had coveted this artifact to obtain the power of a deity suitable for forest recovery and growth.

Naturally, things like symbols were already prepared. Hearing the insane doppelganger’s words, it didn’t seem too difficult either.

And Lee Han’s face also brightened.

“That works out well. Instead of being obsessed with the Dark Emperor’s Crown, we can use it as an artifact that borrows divine power.”

Even though the artifact’s power had similar principles to the Dark Emperor’s Crown, there was no law saying it had to be used for the Dark Emperor’s Crown.

Rather than the difficult, dangerous, and evil ancient forbidden magic, it might be better to simply borrow the power of a benevolent deity.

Moreover, wasn’t Lee Han someone fairly familiar with divine magic?

‘The Aphha Order or Plemang Order probably wouldn’t reject me.’

“Prepare to connect the artificial demigod.”

“…Master?”

Originally, if you stare into the abyss for too long, the abyss will also stare back at you.

Just as Lee Han had adapted while facing the Insane Doppelganger, the Insane Doppelganger had also adapted while facing Lee Han.

Ignore the sounds that can be ignored!

“Master. They say we can borrow divine power?”

“I know. But if you’re a disciple of royalty, you should know how to go beyond such common methods.”

‘I don’t want to go beyond…’

Lee Han made a reluctant expression at the instruction to connect it with an evil artificial demigod made of darkness element, when simply reconnecting it with a benevolent god would make it a convenient artifact.

Ilendil, who had suddenly become a “common method,” also felt displeased. However, Ilendil never let it show on his face.

The opponent was too fearsome an existence to carelessly reveal emotions to.

Lee Han eventually gave up.

Even though the Insane Doppelganger had become somewhat more flexible in other areas, there were parts where he wouldn’t compromise. Magic instruction was exactly one of those parts.

“Understood. How do I connect the artificial demigod?”

“Normally you’d have to create a new one, but a disciple of royalty doesn’t need to do that.”

“Ah. You have the one you made before.”

Lee Han frowned as he recalled the recent continental conquest incident.

Come to think of it, since he had tried to summon an army of artificial demigods back then, there would be plenty in number.

The Insane Doppelganger lifted the relic and gave a light command. Then, just like when he had summoned the Black Emperor, an alien order began swirling around them.

Colliding worlds and different rules, orders. Massive darkness element flowing through the gaps…

And a voice familiar to Lee Han flowed out.

Why didn’t you conquer the continent?

“…”

Lee Han pretended not to hear and ignored it. However, the voice from within the relic called to Lee Han again.

Why didn’t you conquer the continent?

“My disciple is calling you. Why are you ignoring it?”

“That’s right… Well. At that time, it wasn’t a good time to conquer the continent…”

Ilendil stared at his junior with his mouth agape.

So there are good times to conquer the continent?

“You don’t hold a grudge because of what happened last time, do you?”

To prevent the descent of the demigod army, Lee Han had fought quite fiercely.

Turning the opponent into a hamster, piercing through with lightning, burning with Jowrin’s breath attack…

‘There would likely be a grudge.’

No matter how he thought about it, it seemed hard for there to be no grudge.

However, surprisingly, the demigod spoke calmly.

If the commander thinks so, then it must be so.

‘No way?’

The artificial demigod was kinder than expected.

Instead of harboring grudges or vowing revenge, it respected and accepted Lee Han’s authority as the Insane Doppelganger’s disciple.

He had thought it would be an evil god mad with blood and fury…

“From now on, tame this demigod.”

Gods might sound impressive, but in fact, they surprisingly had childlike aspects too.

Especially in the case of artificially created demigods, it wouldn’t be an exaggeration to call them newborn babies rather than children.

This artificial demigod that the Insane Doppelganger had summoned was originally supposed to learn the most efficient destruction as quickly as possible for continental conquest, but due to the change in plans, its learning had been reset to blank.

Not stopping at just summoning the artificial demigod, but taming that power and using it precisely was the work of a mage.

Taming and handling the power of this artificial demigod, which was no different from a raw gemstone, was what the disciple needed to do first.

Of course, to Lee Han it sounded like nonsense. To be precise, everything from “tame” onward just felt like complete nonsense.

“Is such a thing possible?”

“It’s possible. Stop asking foolish questions.”

Controlling or reverse-summoning all nearby undead, nullifying attacks or making them submit – all of these were results of precisely gathering and refining the near-omnipotent power of a demigod.

Specifically and accurately.

Otherwise, even the power of a god would just scatter vaguely and be wasted.

“Once you tame it and become accustomed to using that power, you’ll eventually be able to directly summon the Black Emperor.”

“Wow. That’s really so exciting.”

“Expressing joy where there are watching eyes is vulgar, so restrain yourself.”

Certainly, experiencing it directly would be faster than learning and studying through theory.

Except for the fact that the difficulty level of that target magic transcended imagination.

Lee Han was honestly skeptical about how much difference there would be between repeatedly practicing Black Emperor summoning following the Insane Doppelganger’s instructions, and experiencing it directly with his body using a relic like this.

Both just seemed like they would take a long time…

Lee Han suppressed a sigh and looked at the ancient relic. Then a somehow hazy and dim voice could be heard.

Even if you deny my authority, you won’t be able to escape it.

“…Master. This doesn’t seem to be properly purified??”

Lee Han was startled by the evil deity’s voice that he hadn’t thought of at all.

“That’s right.”

“…I thought you had purified and severed it before giving it to me.”

“Why should I do that? It won’t be able to influence you anyway.”

“That’s true too.”

‘What do you mean that’s true too…’

Ilendil swallowed his criticism.

He wasn’t originally someone who enjoyed conversation, but the conversation between these two particularly made Ilendil tired. He missed the forest so much it was tear-inducing.

Ilendil made a decision.

Once this matter was over, he would hole up in the forest for a while and not deal with anyone…

“Still, Senior, you’ll be keeping this in the forest, so please purify it. Just taming the artificial demigod will be enough to worry about, so I can’t take an evil deity along too.”

“…Huh?”

Ilendil, who had been making his decision, looked up in confusion at the unexpected words.

He might have heard wrong, but his junior’s words just now sounded like he was coming to Ilendil’s forest to practice evil forbidden magic.

…He must have heard wrong, right?

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