Surviving As A Mage In A Magic Academy [EN]: Chapter 233

Gelliac’s head spun. He felt like he’d been hit by a rock. Someone was shaking him roughly.

“Wake up! Get up, you fool!” a voice yelled in his ear.

Gelliac blinked, his vision blurry. He saw the worried faces of his comrades above him. What had happened? Then, the shock hit him again.

The scroll. The expensive magic scroll they had used… it had done nothing. Absolutely nothing. He couldn’t believe it.

“We’re wasting time!” hissed one of his comrades. “The professors could come any minute! Forget the scroll. Just grab him, quickly, and let’s find the guide!”

“I know, I know!” Gelliac snapped, pushing himself to his feet. “Move it!”

Gelliac and his comrades drew their weapons.

His comrades were just as shocked, but they knew that wasting time was dangerous.

There was nothing scarier than a wizard who had time to prepare.

‘Get close!’

Gelliac gripped his weapon tightly and pushed off the ground. The magic power inside him made him stronger.

Gelliac and his comrades were wearing cloaking magic items.

If they spread out and moved as fast as they could, it would be hard for the wizard to find them.

“Water, rise!”

“…!?”

Gelliac was surprised when a huge ball of water rose above the wizard’s temporary base.

What was that?

Whoosh-

The ball of water suddenly broke apart, turning into many small water droplets.

The water droplets flew in every direction.

‘What is this?’

The water droplets were slow and weak. One of his comrades easily knocked them away with his armored arm, as if they were nothing.

Even if the wizard wanted to buy time, he couldn’t stop experienced adventurers with such weak attacks.

“Flash!”

At that moment, lightning struck.

As the lightning flashed and burned the ground, the adventurer jumped back in fear.

‘How!?’

‘Did the magic item stop working?!’

The cloaking magic items they had were not cheap.

They were strong enough to block most spells that could stop magic items from working…?

“Avoid the water! He’s using the water to find us!”

Gelliac was scared.

He couldn’t believe the wizard could stop their cloaking magic item with such a simple spell.

It didn’t make sense.

He had never seen a wizard use water like this before. How could the wizard know where they were just from a few drops of water?

‘Just what…!'”

“Flash, flash, flash, flash!”

“Krooooeuk!”

One adventurer touched a water droplet. Suddenly, lightning crashed down. The wizard had found him!

Lightning struck again and again, very fast. The adventurer tried to block, but it was hard.

“Help me, you guys!”

“…Tsk!”

Another adventurer took out a flask from his pocket. Flames flickered inside.

It was a Fire Flask, made by skilled alchemists.

Gelliac was starting to worry. He wondered if this job was worth it, even if they won.

The flask flew into the air.

At that moment, a spell flew from the enemy’s side.

“Freeze!!”

Crack!

The adventurers watched as the expensive glass bottle froze in the air and fell to the ground.

“That wizard is really…!”

“Just what is that bloke?!”

If they weren’t in danger, the adventurers would have tried to learn more about their enemy.

Not all wizards could perfectly handle every situation.

Wizards could only use the magic they knew, and they could only deal with what they were prepared for.

But this wizard, whose face they couldn’t see, was blocking every move Gelliac and his comrades made, as if he knew everything they would do.

It was unbelievable.

If he was such a good wizard, he would be famous…

“This won’t work. Everyone, stop defending and charge!”

“Stop defending?!”

Even in this urgent situation, his comrades hesitated.

Gelliac’s words were reckless.

The normal way to attack a wizard was to get close as fast as possible, spread out, and stay hidden.

Of course, you couldn’t let your guard down while moving quickly.

If a wizard’s spell that hits a large area struck, it would be deadly to the warrior.

So, you had to move as fast as possible, but also gather magic power in your body to defend against a large spell.

If you stopped defending, you could use that magic power to move faster, but…

“Forget about that bloke! We’re all going to die like this.”

“…Charge!”

“You bas… Ack!”

One of the adventurers caught by the wizard finally fell.

After being hit by many lightning bolts, he couldn’t hold on any longer.

Seeing that, his hesitant comrades changed their minds.

If they gave a wizard like that too much time, something really bad could happen!

‘I hope I don’t die today.’

‘I hope someone else dies instead of me.’

“Charge!”

The adventurers ran like the wind. They didn’t even try to hide anymore, wasting magic power on the cloaking magic item. They were much faster than before.

Lee Han clicked his tongue.

The adventurers thought Lee Han was a powerful archmage and were scared, but Lee Han wasn’t in a good situation either.

The Black Tortoise Tower students were weak from using too much magic.

He was hiding them with barriers, illusions, and skeleton warriors, but if the adventurers got close, they could be taken as hostages.

‘I thought my bluff would work…’

Since they thought Lee Han was a fifth-year student, he hoped that if he acted confident, they would be scared.

Stalling for time would help Lee Han.

But they suddenly stopped hesitating and started charging like crazy.

They were as good at sword fighting as Lee Han.

“Skeleton warriors, move! Gonadaltez, go!”

Lee Han wasn’t scared or nervous.

He had to do his best.

Clatter!

The skeleton warrior, Gonadaltez, ran out and raised his bone spear.

Then, the other skeleton warriors raised their bone spears.

“…?!”

Thud!

The adventurer who was closest stopped.

With the powerful wizard’s undead summons moving, not many people could charge without defending.

‘Damn it. How strong is he? Are they immune to physical attacks?’

Barriers, illusions, and a desperate situation.

The skeleton warrior seemed like a powerful undead summon to the adventurer.

Lee Han used that chance.

“Unleash the lightning of Pergunta!”

“Kraaah!”

The adventurer quickly used his shield and surrounded himself with magic power, but he realized his mistake.

He should have dodged!

The lightning was so strong that it broke the shield and burned his body. The adventurer fell without even screaming.

“That…! ?”

“Fire!”

Lee Han broke apart one of the skeleton warriors and started firing bone pieces everywhere.

The other adventurers slowed down because of the bone bullets.

“Cloak, hide me. I hide in the night!”

At the same time, Lee Han cast a small spell and became invisible. The adventurers didn’t notice because the illusion magic was still working.

“Gather, condense, and explode!”

Boom!!

The magic explosion went off nearby, and another adventurer flew into the air.

Gelliac didn’t know how many of his comrades were left.

He just knew that he had made a big mistake.

He had met a strong combat wizard.

He had seen combat wizards who were more experienced and used higher-level magic, but he had never seen such a powerful combat wizard.

‘But I’m not going to die.’

Gelliac took out a potion and drank it. His senses and magic power grew stronger.

It was a Berserker Potion with bad side effects, but it worked.

Gelliac could feel where the invisible wizard was.

Even if he couldn’t see, hear, or smell him, he could feel the changes in the air.

The magic power on the sword grew stronger. It was an aura, a crystal of magic power that could even cut through wizards’ magic.

Lee Han knew he was in trouble.

The other party was looking at him with angry eyes.

Lee Han quickly drew his Morning Star sword and gathered magic power. But the other party attacked first.

‘Faster!’

Faced with danger, Lee Han’s instincts took over. Lee Han’s sword moved faster and hit Gelliac.

Clang!

Magic power crashed against magic power.

The black sword absorbed Gelliac’s magic power, but Gelliac didn’t care.

Clang!!

Another crash.

Lee Han felt his grip tear and bleed. The force was strong.

‘I need to gather more magic power!’

No matter how famous Morning Star was, it wasn’t more important than Lee Han’s life.

Lee Han gathered magic power again. He had to use a lot of magic power to fight back.

Clang!!!

The crash of magic power shook the area, and some summons disappeared.

The area became unstable.

The invisibility magic was also affected.

Lee Han’s face was revealed for a moment.

Gelliac said, “You’re not a fifth-year…? Ack.”

Suddenly, Gelliac dropped his sword and grabbed his neck.

Lee Han sighed in relief.

“Headmaster!”

The Skeleton Headmaster’s eyes glowed blue, and he flew quickly from far away.

Gelliac opened the lid of a ring and drank it.

It was a poison for emergencies.

‘What a nasty…?’

Lee Han was shocked. Gelliac had stopped breathing.

He couldn’t believe that the person who had been fighting so hard would kill himself just by seeing the Skeleton Headmaster.

“Where do you think you’re going?”

The Skeleton Headmaster said coldly.

At that moment, Gelliac, who had stopped breathing, raised his head and stood up.

Gelliac blinked as if he couldn’t believe he was alive.

“Wh, what…?”

“This is my territory. You can’t die without my permission. You vermin.”

Lee Han was even more shocked.

When a person died, the soul should leave the body, but this land was stopping it.

It was holding the soul back.

He couldn’t guess how powerful the magic was.

“Headmaster. This is…”

“We can talk about magic later.”

“No. I think there are more of them. He said he had to meet the guide.”

Gelliac looked at Lee Han in disbelief.

He heard that?

The Skeleton Headmaster gave an order.

“An intruder has entered. Stop the students from leaving and find the rat.”

-Yes. Understood.

Lee Han looked surprised. The Skeleton Headmaster was confused.

“What’s wrong?”

“No… I might have misheard, but you trust me too much…”

“Did you hit your head? Of course, I should listen to you. Did you think I would doubt you because you’re a first-year?”

“You are right.”

“…What did you just say…”

“I didn’t tell you to speak.”

The Skeleton Headmaster swallowed Gelliac. Gelliac disappeared without screaming.