Surviving as a Mage in a Magic Academy - Chapter 967

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Chapter 967

Even while his junior was resolving to ‘live only for myself from now on,’ the upperclassmen paid no particular attention.

It was the same while Lee Han took out hot black tea from a thermal magic glass bottle and ate a sandwich of pork cured with spices and salt.

‘Amazing.’

Though he had just resolved not to care, Lee Han couldn’t help but be inwardly surprised.

Gainando and the other second-year friends would look over here longingly like baby basilisks whenever food was brought out.

In Einroguard, warm and delicious food was like a siren’s song, hard to resist.

But the Enchantment School upperclassmen just focused on their own work regardless. They weren’t people who had stayed under Professor Verdus for nothing.

For a moment, Lee Han felt an unidentifiable displeasure.

Though he didn’t realize it himself, it was the pride of someone who had served as Einroguard’s caretaker for nearly a year and a half.

How dare they show no interest in the snacks he had prepared?

‘…What am I thinking?’

Lee Han shook his head.

It would be good if he didn’t have to do anything, so why was he complaining? That was really a nonsensical thought.

“…What is Upperclassman Siginting doing?”

“Inspecting artifacts.”

The dwarf boy, one year above Lee Han, spoke while inspecting a crossbow that emanated various flows of mana.

Having come down underground, even if he wasn’t a combat mage, he couldn’t help but be careful. In Einroguard, one had to protect oneself.

“Indeed. Various magics are cast on it.”

The magic felt from the bolt tip loaded in the crossbow was enemy tracking and guidance type.

It would probably turn even an unskilled mage into a marksman.

The fletching attached to the short bolt had acceleration and penetration enhancement magic.

With this level of mana and spell composition, even a glancing hit could pierce straight through a steel shield.

Additionally, the bow frame had dark vision and sight enhancement magic, and the loading mechanism had confidence boosting, calculation assistance magic, and drafting assistance magic…

“…?”

Lee Han looked again, thinking he had seen wrong. But he had seen correctly.

“Senior. By any chance, does this crossbow have calculation assistance magic or drafting assistance magic on it?”

“…That’s right!”

Siginting looked at Lee Han with surprised eyes.

To think he could analyze the magic cast on this artifact first without even being given an explanation.

It wasn’t for nothing that he received high praise from other mages.

“Amazing. How did you know?”

“Why would a crossbow need calculation assistance or drafting assistance? The magic will handle aiming anyway…”

In Lee Han’s opinion, it would be better to cram in one more combat magic instead of such spells.

However, Siginting looked at his junior like he was looking at a battle-crazed mage.

“What are you talking about? The combat power is already sufficient, so we need to add magic for everyday use.”

“For everyday use…?”

“That’s right.”

Lee Han was about to ask when one would use calculation or drafting in everyday life when he casually looked to the side.

Yukveltire and Anfargon were diligently drawing artifact blueprints using their spare time.

“…Indeed. My thinking was shallow.”

“It happens. Wardanaz. You should also carry such artifacts to save time.”

“I see…”

Having received advice from his senior, Lee Han quietly put the thermal magic glass bottle and sandwich wrapper he was holding into his backpack.

Seeing the upperclassmen studying like that made him feel embarrassed for no reason.

“Understood. Senior. Then what other combat artifacts did you bring besides this?”

“That’s all there is?”

Siginting didn’t understand what his junior was asking.

Unless one was a battle-crazed combat mage, ordinary mages didn’t bring multiple combat means.

Magic was a path to research and achieving aspirations, not a tool for combat.

“By any chance, Wardanaz, do you have multiple combat artifacts?”

“I… I also have just one. Haha.”

Lee Han deflected the topic.

Strictly speaking, since he cast many spells with one staff, it could be called one.

Though the other party probably wouldn’t be convinced…

“Then I’ll go talk with the other upperclassmen!”

‘That guy has excellent skills but often wastes time on useless things.’

Siginting thought to himself.

Well, a person couldn’t be perfect in every aspect.

* * *

Various monsters roamed the underground mining area of Einroguard.

The half-human, half-beast crocodile monster Kuka that could use primitive magic.

The bird Alicanto that cried while searching for rare metals.

Even wild golems naturally born when mana settled into contaminated soil or metal.

Clever Einroguard students didn’t fight such enemies.

Since no one would give them medals for killing mine monsters, avoidance was the best method…

-Grrrrrrrk!

The crocodile monster that had been shaking a three-pronged branch adorned with skulls and metal howled and fled.

It had cast a curse on the mage, but it didn’t work at all.

Rather, a counterattack came immediately.

After its movement was bound by telekinesis, when a water projectile that could smash even mud walls flew viciously, the Kuka realized it had misjudged its enemy.

“Should we chase it? Come to think of it, what did you just say?”

“Avoidance is the best method… No. I don’t think we need to worry about it.”

Yukveltire immediately changed what he was going to say.

Seeing his junior’s combat ability, he thought there was no need to avoid anything.

He had brought him considering escort and various situations, but to think he could fight this well.

“Let’s go straight down to the southern cave.”

“But Senior Yukveltire. There are no signs of people here, is that really okay?”

Lee Han asked with puzzlement.

Having received Shadow Patrol training from Nilia whenever there was time, Lee Han had become quite skilled in such areas.

Even in the dark underground mining area, the techniques of rangers and patrol units didn’t disappear.

The western slope that curved around to the side showed quite a few traces of students who had passed through.

However, the southern cave side looked like a path that people clearly hadn’t traveled for some time.

Was it really okay to go there?

“Of course. Wardanaz family junior. Don’t you trust my judgment?”

“What? Yes.”

“I knew you trusted me. Then let’s go.”

‘I definitely said 【Yes】.’

Lee Han was inwardly dumbfounded.

He had said he couldn’t trust him, but the senior arbitrarily corrected and heard the answer.

And one hour later.

“Huff, huff huff.”

The students walked out through the cave’s opposite exit with tired expressions, panting.

Among them, Lee Han looked particularly exhausted.

It couldn’t be helped since he had taken the vanguard position of the group and blocked the rushing enemies alone.

The southern cave was a much more treacherous place than Lee Han had expected.

A place where dozens of crocodile monsters, Kukas, came rushing out to defeat intruders and wild golems poured down from the walls.

Lee Han blocked the curses hurled by the monsters with his body and confronted the wild golems with telekinesis and swordsmanship.

-Senior! When will the wide-area magic be complete!

-Which senior?

-…Senior Yukveltire!

-Ah! Senior Yukveltire, when will it be complete?!

-28 more seconds.

-Then could the others at least provide covering fire! There are too many of them! I don’t have time to cast magic!

-I’ll summon a small fortress first. Wardanaz. Take cover behind the fortress… wait, did you catch them all by yourself?

The enemies’ offensive was so fierce that it would have been breached immediately if even one of the three – mana, telekinesis, or swordsmanship – had been missing.

After putting away his staff and sword, Lee Han approached Yukveltire.

He could see that part of the other person’s bag was broken, apparently from an attack during the fierce battle. Yukveltire was checking its contents.

“Senior Yukveltire. May I ask you something?”

“Sure.”

“By any chance, normally you wouldn’t come this way, but did you come this route because I was here?”

It might have been an arrogant and presumptuous question, but he couldn’t help being suspicious.

No matter how he looked at it, this place was too difficult to call a proper path, and there was no reason for upperclassmen who weren’t battle mages to come here.

It wasn’t like they were Professor Boladi, so why would they go to a more dangerous place…

“That’s right.”

“…So you came because you thought I’d be fine against those monsters since I have excellent magic resistance and close combat ability?”

“Yeah.”

“I suppose you naturally didn’t consider that it could be dangerous or that something might go wrong?”

Yukveltire wondered why his junior kept asking pointless questions.

“I calculated that we would succeed. And we actually did succeed. Why do you keep asking?”

Lee Han deeply regretted accepting the proposal without asking Senior Diret first.

Demonic proposals are naturally tempting and sweet-looking, and he had fallen for it!

“It’s nothing.”

Clench!

Fortunately, he had swung his sword a lot against the golems earlier, so he could avoid swinging it at his senior.

Meanwhile, Yukveltire finished checking the damage.

“…The potions are broken.”

“!”

From mana recovery potions to nutritional supplement potions.

Such potions were quite important for Buyeo magic school students who lacked stamina and weren’t well-trained. Yukveltire’s face darkened slightly.

“The others must have brought plenty, so couldn’t they share some?”

“I don’t want to.”

“Don’t want to.”

Anfargon and Sigunteng immediately refused.

Lee Han asked back in shock.

“N-no. Is there at least a reason?”

“There’s no reason to give any.”

“We’re from the same school…”

The two upperclassmen looked at Lee Han as if he was saying something strange.

So what if they’re from the same school?

Lee Han once again realized that he was the normal one among lunatics.

“Wardanaz. I think there’s some misunderstanding. Think about it from the opposite perspective. If I lost my share of potions, would Senior Yukveltire have shared?”

“Of course she would have shared.”

“I wouldn’t share.”

“…”

At Yukveltire’s answer from behind, Lee Han scowled deeply.

That was absolutely no help at all.

“Why not?”

“Because managing potions is also a mage’s responsibility.”

“…That may be true, but we’d be in trouble without Senior Yukveltire too.”

Lee Han quickly ignored what was behind him and called to the two upperclassmen who seemed more reasonable.

“Isn’t Senior Yukveltire the only one who can find Jarun’s location?”

“She can give us the means to find him and then go back herself.”

“There’s no way Senior Yukveltire would make such a concession…”

“I would.”

“…”

Crack!

Sigunteng was startled to see a rock outside the passage suddenly split.

Could she really break a rock at that distance with Wuying Pavilion telekinesis??

“…Why again?”

At Lee Han’s question, Yukveltire spoke calmly.

“Since I proposed this request, it’s only natural.”

The poor potion management was Yukveltire’s mistake, and gathering the students to come down was Yukveltire’s proposal.

A rational Einroguard Buyeo magic school student should hand over Jarun’s location at times like this and go back up alone in solitude.

“…I’ll just share my potions with you. You can pay me back when we get back up.”

At his junior’s proposal, Anfargon and Sigunteng couldn’t understand.

“Why would you do such a thing?”

“Isn’t it because Wardanaz has overflowing mana?”

“Even if his mana overflows, why waste potions on an upperclassman?”

“Indeed…”

‘I want to beat them all up.’

Ignoring the voices from behind, Lee Han took out potions from his backpack.

Yukveltire, who received the potions, asked.

“There’s no meal replacement potion…”

“…I’ll just make you food, so eat that instead.”

Yukveltire was about to say ‘but that takes a long time’ when she hesitated and closed her mouth.

She instinctively felt that she shouldn’t say that.

Sometimes there are disciples who surpass their masters.

Despite the disgraceful nickname of Little Verdus, Yukveltire was certainly more perceptive than her master.

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