Surviving as a Mage in a Magic Academy - Chapter 969

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Chapter 969

The Yachaowang paid no attention to Lee Han’s words.

Because it was an obvious statement.

It’s not difficult. Osu’s disciple. If the world called for you, then that’s crystal clear.

“What kind…?”

As I said, it’s crystal clear. Given your level, you should begin entering the small world. Considering your lineage… Osu’s small world would be suitable.

“That seems too excessive. Wouldn’t something easier be better?”

Lee Han spoke and felt a strange sense of déjà vu.

Why did he feel like he’d had this conversation before?

Osu’s disciple. I have lived through countless eons that I can’t even remember, meeting numerous mages and hearing the secrets of their magic. How dare you so carelessly doubt my wisdom. Youthful arrogance is a natural emotion, but you must also know how to control it.

“…I remember now.”

What do you remember?

“Isn’t this what you said when we made the star contract!”

Lee Han gritted his teeth, trying to suppress his rising anger.

No wonder it felt so familiar – he’d been tricked like this once before.

Hadn’t the Yachaowang lured him in saying he’d help with exams, only to recommend a completely unrelated star contract?

No matter how he thought about it, he suspected all the countless hardships and trials he’d endured since then were because of that star contract.

That damn wandering star and whatnot…!

However, the Yachaowang was truly shameless like a king. Without changing his expression, he blinked his golden eyes and said:

Osu’s disciple. Judging that matter in such a way is extremely foolish. This extended finger is merely a dot when viewed from above. Therefore…

‘Really disgustingly shameless.’

The Yachaowang persuaded him that worldly matters couldn’t be understood in their true intent when viewed briefly.

For example, suppose there’s a boy here trying to cross the river to the neighboring village.

The bridge would soon collapse due to the swollen river from floods, and normally the boy would have been swept away too.

Knowing the future, the Yachaowang transformed into a rat to save the boy, stole his luggage, and ran away.

Of course, the boy was furious about having his luggage stolen, but later when he saw the bridge swept away, he belatedly realized his good fortune.

“…”

Naturally, Lee Han wasn’t fooled.

The majestic appearance of the Yachaowang from their first meeting had long since disappeared. Currently, the Yachaowang had descended to somewhere around Professor Verdus’s level.

“So you’re saying that my star contract might have been preparation for future exams?”

Finally, you’re being somewhat wise.

‘If I fought him, I’d lose, right?’

Lee Han checked his surroundings.

No matter how he looked at it, attacking in the opponent’s palace seemed hopeless.

And Osu’s disciple. Think carefully. Even if the king’s prediction was wrong, does that mean all subsequent predictions must also be wrong?

“…That’s not the case.”

Do you have any other speculation about the magic you need to learn now?

“I don’t.”

Then there’s no reason to disparage and criticize the king’s prediction, is there?

Lee Han fell silent.

If there was anything more annoying than Professor Verdus, it was when Professor Verdus was right.

The Yachaowang wasn’t much different.

Small worlds were magic on a completely different level from what Lee Han had learned so far.

Especially if it was the Skeleton Principal’s small world, even more so.

The existence of a transcendent being like the Yachaowang who could advise Lee Han was very important.

He shouldn’t act rudely and push away help he could receive.

“…I would like to receive your teachings.”

Hoping to wake up from this dream before then, Lee Han made his request.

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For ordinary mages, their progress ends with a single small world.

The Yachaowang sat Lee Han down and began his magic lecture.

Unlike unique worlds, small worlds can be passed from master to disciple, yet this rarely happens. What do you think is the reason, Osu’s disciple?

“Probably because complete understanding and mastery are difficult.”

Compared to unique worlds, their scope was narrower and they were less selective about qualifications, but small worlds were still secrets that changed the laws of the world.

Their principles were fundamentally different from magic that utilized the laws of the world.

Lee Han, who initially didn’t understand exactly what this meant, now knew to some extent.

Just as some magic couldn’t be cast through simple memorization and training, small worlds belonged to that category of magic.

A single world.

In other words, one had to completely understand and accept the true intent of the mage who created the small world to be able to cast it.

A mage couldn’t forcibly cast a small world that didn’t suit them. If there was magic like the small world 【Spending Gold Coins Lavishly and Wastefully】, Lee Han would likely have difficulty mastering it for life.

That’s right. Small worlds passed from master to disciple have relatively high possibilities.

Since masters and disciples tended to have similar ways of thinking, the possibility of transmission was relatively high.

“That’s unfortunate. My way of thinking is quite different from my master’s, so it might be difficult.”

The Yachaowang ignored Lee Han’s words as if wondering where a dog was barking.

In the king’s eyes, having lived through countless eons and met numerous mages, Osu had the qualities of a heavenly being. That’s why he could inherit and create so many small worlds. Osu’s disciple. First, tell me about the small worlds you’ve seen.

“Hmm.”

Lee Han slowly fell into thought.

First, there were the small worlds Dendrobium and Basilios.

Powerful small world magic that the Black Book had (forcibly) cast and shown him.

These two magics, represented by a giant tree and a humble crown respectively, were still magic whose identities he hadn’t fully grasped.

Dendrobium seemed to change laws according to the color of flowers blooming at the branch tips, and Basilios seemed to have several more prerequisites…

“And the small world Whidor. I saw it in the past. It swept away demons with a single water drop.”

Whidor is difficult for you to learn right now, Osu’s disciple.

“…No. I wasn’t saying I wanted to learn it right now…”

It’s not impossible. You created the Lightning Spear of Demon Annihilation and defeated the Blasphemer, didn’t you? Whidor is also a small world completed with that principle. Though it contains much more advanced concepts compressed within.

“…How do you even know that?!”

Lee Han was shocked.

That the small world Whidor had similar principles to the Lightning Spear of Demon Annihilation wasn’t that surprising.

To destroy all enemies with a single water drop would ultimately be the extreme of elemental magic, so it would converge to similar principles through convergent evolution.

But the fact that the Yachaowang here knew about the battle that took place in Granden City was truly surprising.

‘Could Alsicle be a spy??’

Osu’s disciple. Don’t forget that dimensions spread rumors surprisingly quickly. The undead realm was in an uproar over the Blasphemer’s humiliation.

“…”

Just as the Empire’s mages kept track of powerful beings from other dimensions, beings from other dimensions also made note of exceptional mages on the continent in advance.

After the recent battle, beings from the undead dimension were showing considerable interest in the mage named Lee Han.

‘I’ll pretend I didn’t hear that.’

Lee Han quickly denied reality. He had too many things to worry about right now to worry about this too.

“And Dynamis… what is this Dynamis? You told me to say it last time.”

When the Insane Doppelganger had truly gone insane last time, the Yachaowang had advised Lee Han to repeat exactly “I saw new possibilities in the secrets of Dynamis, so I’ll try casting Despotis” to ambush the doppelganger.

Though Lee Han had been half-doubtful, the effect was truly excellent. The Insane Doppelganger, who had been so formidable, carelessly rushed out and was ambushed.

Dynamis is dangerous for you to learn right now, Osu’s disciple.

“…”

Lee Han made a sour expression.

Unlike the Yachaowang, Lee Han had already mentioned Dynamis to the Insane Doppelganger.

Of course, it was an emergency situation then so it might pass, but if he asked later “How is Dynamis progressing?”…

“So what’s left is Dendrobium and Basilios?”

Among those, it would be Basilios. Dendrobium requires royal saplings, so you can’t learn it right away, Osu’s disciple.

Lee Han nodded obediently.

It wasn’t particularly surprising that special conditions were needed when learning magic.

“What must I do to enter Basilios?”

Think intuitively. Basilios is a crown. To wear a crown, one needs qualifications.

“Are you referring to the bloodline of an ancient kingdom?”

The Yachaowang showed a pitying expression at the mage’s question.

If it were a kingdom on earth, then yes. But Osu’s disciple. How could a mage’s crown be so materialistic? The kingdom of heaven cannot crown someone based on bloodline. Think carefully.

“?”

Lee Han, who had been pondering, tilted his head.

“You’re not going to tell me more?”

Osu’s disciple. If the king tells you this, it would rather harm you…

‘No. What’s with this person?’

Lee Han was dumbfounded.

The reason he had patiently listened to the long-winded explanations until now was because the Yachaowang was a being with extraordinary abilities.

He naturally expected detailed explanations about which miniature worlds were good for entry and their entry methods in order, but suddenly he was told to think for himself.

“If I could have done that from the beginning, I would have already entered on my own.”

Exactly. Now do you understand why the world called you? It called you because you can enter on your own.

“…”

Who would have thought he’d miss the Divination Magic Guild upperclassmen.

Lee Han shuddered and stood up. He felt like he needed to walk around, organize his thoughts, and change his mood or he wouldn’t be able to endure this.

As he cast his gaze far into the distance, the dimension of Gusanbalhai came into view, incomparably vast and distant compared to the continent.

The terrain where light and darkness had been changing moment by moment transformed as if fog was thinning and ice was melting away.

And in the valley below the palace, there was a forest. Looking closely, the trees and grass of that forest were entirely made of blades and steel, with blood dripping from the leaves.

That gruesome sight could only be summarized in Lee Han’s mind with one term.

Dao Mountain Sword Forest.

“What is that place?”

Hmm. It’s a forest where sinners are imprisoned.

“There’s such a thing here too?”

It’s not common. Osu’s disciple. Usually we don’t imprison sinners. But those ones are a bit special.

The Yachaowang laughed loudly as he explained.

Long ago when Osu came to this dimension, the Yachaowang had watched the mage’s ascetic practices from the side.

Those who gathered at that time were precisely those people.

Vagrants and rogues who gathered under him, thinking a new strongman, a new king would be born.

“…No, you imprisoned them like that just for following Master?!”

Osu’s disciple. Sometimes I see you have quite a rich imagination. I imprisoned them like that because they betrayed Osu.

“Ah.”

In his youth, the Skeleton Principal had wandered all over this dimension searching for secret arts.

In that process, being attacked and deceived, the journey certainly wouldn’t have been easy.

Naturally, it wouldn’t be strange for some among the gathered followers to defect and betray him.

“I see.”

Lee Han lost interest and focused on his thoughts again.

What could the qualification for Basilios be…

…Osu’s disciple. Don’t you find those who betrayed your master hateful?

“Huh? Well, it’s a bit late to feel that now…”

Lee Han was puzzled by the sudden question.

If the betrayal had truly been deeply resented, the Skeleton Principal would have come directly to take them to Einroguard.

There was no reason for Lee Han to hate people who were already suffering enough.

A good start. Continue proceeding just like that.

“…”

Lee Han fell into even greater confusion.

A good start, he said.

Could it mean he should avoid getting involved with anything related to the Skeleton Principal?

‘Then isn’t it already too late?’

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