Surviving As A Mage In A Magic Academy [EN]: Chapter 474

“Huh?” Lee Han blinked, staring at Perkontra, surprised.

Perkontra frowned, even more confused than Lee Han. *Why is a first-year student here?* he thought. *Shouldn’t the older students be the ones looking for a missing professor?* He tilted his head, crackling with faint sparks. “You’re surprised to see *me*?”

“Well, the seniors were here too, I suppose.”

That’s right!

“But the seniors probably wouldn’t come even if you called them…”

Perkontra was bewildered, but Lee Han was serious.

Of course, Lee Han didn’t know all of Professor Verdus’s students, but he had a rough idea of what kind of people the seniors were.

‘The only people who can endure under Professor Verdus are people like Professor Verdus himself.’

People who walked their own path of enchantment magic, no matter what Professor Verdus barked about.

There was no way those people would react like, ‘The master has disappeared! I will go and save him!’ just because Professor Verdus had vanished.

If they were so sensitive, they wouldn’t have survived Professor Verdus’s harsh teaching!

“Since I’m the only one, what else can I do?”

How does the archmage in charge manage the teachers here?

Perkontra started to think even worse things about the Imperial wizards and Headmaster Skull.

This Headmaster is truly strange! He should focus on managing the teachers, not just building more punishment rooms!

“Anyway, is Professor Verdus here?”

He’s not here.

“Oh. Did he already escape!?”

No…

Perkontra slowly explained, revealing his absurd feelings with crackling discharges.

Einroguard’s punishment room wasn’t the only one.

From Perkontra’s punishment room, which managed the students who had committed wrongdoings, to the punishment room for other races located in the western desert, to the punishment room for aquatic creatures located under the lake…

“Why are there so many punishment rooms?”

Well, we can’t keep external serious offenders and students together…

Perkontra wondered if building punishment rooms was Headmaster Skull’s strange hobby, but apart from that, it wasn’t a good choice to lump students together with other criminals.

Serious offenders who have been imprisoned from the outside are in a deeper place. I don’t manage that place. The archmage’s subordinates manage it directly.

“I see… Ah. Then what about the professor?”

In the place I just mentioned.

Lee Han was dumbfounded.

‘You said you shouldn’t keep them with external serious offenders…’

Students can’t, but professors can be locked up together?

Of course, a professor at Einroguard could subdue external serious offenders with just a glare, but…

“That’s terrible. If it’s a place managed by the headmaster, it must be even more heavily guarded and complicated.”

Lee Han thought hard.

He was originally planning to borrow Perkontra’s power to meet Professor Verdus and somehow bring him out, but now that he was in a more dangerous place, his thoughts became complicated.

‘Can I bring him out?’

Perkontra looked at Lee Han with subtle eyes.

‘…Isn’t he going to ask?’

Why do wizards make contracts with beings greater than themselves, even though they know it’s dangerous?

That was to accomplish tasks that they couldn’t handle themselves.

Anyway, when problems like this arose, it was common to ask the contracted being for help.

But this magically abundant boy, as if he had forgotten Perkontra’s existence, was lost in thought, worrying by himself.

Perkontra asked in a reluctant voice.

Aren’t you missing something?

“Yes? Oh… Did the headmaster set up traps around there?”

No. Not that.

” ? ”

Lee Han tilted his head at Perkontra’s words.

What am I missing?

The way you can get your master out! There must be something you’re missing!

Perkontra’s voice, booming and echoing, felt slightly angry.

“Ah. Maybe Sharkan?”

That rat-like familiar!

“Hey, aren’t you being too harsh?”

Lee Han protested.

How could he say such terrible things about Sharkan, who was such a loyal familiar?

“Sharkan works so hard…”

Quiet, next!

“Ponrig?”

What are you going to do with one griffin!

“Oh, Gonadaltes? Not the headmaster’s Gonadaltes. He’s a skeleton warrior I contracted with.”

Next!

Lee Han took out a few magic spells and items, but Perkontra kept refusing.

Only then did Lee Han realize.

“I understand.”

Finally? Tell me!

“You’re saying I’m not skilled enough to go save him yet? But the situation is urgent…”

What do you think my contract with you is for! Do you think the mark is just for decoration!

Perkontra was so angry that thunder rumbled for a long time.

Lee Han, who had been listening because Perkontra seemed wronged, asked a question while Perkontra was taking a break.

“But you said you wouldn’t help with the flood…”

Perkontra wanted to hit this boy, who had a good memory in unnecessary areas.

Really!

That’s a flood. Going to save a professor in the punishment room is a different story.

“It seems similar…”

I would have said it’s different!

Lee Han decided to admit it when Perkontra growled.

“I see. It seems different. But are you willing to help?”

Yes!

“Really?”

I said yes!

Perkontra, who was getting angry, shaking his lightning beard, suddenly felt strange.

Why was he begging to help first?

Shouldn’t the other wizard be politely saying, ‘Please lend me your strength according to the contract’?

Wait! Why are you doubting…

“Ah. You’re still not going to help…”

I said I would help!!

Perkontra shouted and immediately regretted it.

How on earth did things turn out like this!

Perkontra, who had created a clone by using his power, grumbled as he guided the way.

Remember that helping by using power like this is by no means a normal situation!

‘Does he have bipolar disorder?’

Of course, from Lee Han’s point of view, Perkontra just seemed like a strange spirit who got angry and then grumbled after offering to help on his own.

Of course, Perkontra was indeed a powerful spirit, and it was reassuring to have his help, but he couldn’t understand why he was helping so capriciously.

Step back! It’s dangerous to touch it carelessly.

After passing through a maze-like complex path, a huge door with a strong magical barrier appeared.

Trespassers are strictly prohibited!

If there is an outsider who touches this door, I will give them a particularly terrible fate!

Thieves-students who have come this far, remember. This is not my warehouse, kitchen, or a place where heinous criminals are kept! Don’t loiter around and regret it!

Headmaster Skull’s writing was scribbled like graffiti everywhere.

Lee Han shook his head when he saw it.

Rumble!

Perkontra swelled his body like a cloud. Not only that, but he also borrowed Lee Han’s magic to replenish his power.

He would have opened it with his breath in his original state, but he couldn’t help it in the current situation where his main body was tied to the punishment room.

This much should be okay?

“Yes? What are you talking about?”

Perkontra felt a little embarrassed because he thought he had taken a lot of magic, but Lee Han didn’t even realize it.

If he had a human face, it might be red by now.

Open…!

Lightning became a huge blade and was embedded in the gap between the doors, making a loud noise.

‘Ooh.’

Perkontra didn’t know, but Lee Han was quite impressed from behind.

Professor Voladi had recently emphasized that Lee Han should fix and change the form of the lightning element.

Perkontra was easily doing that violent and difficult process.

On a huge scale!

Just watching this gave Lee Han many new ideas about magic and how to improve.

‘If I see it a few more times, I think I’ll get a feel for it.’

Lee Han discovered a new path in his lightning element magic training, which had been blocked by a wall.

Now, all he had to do was walk this path to overcome the wall of lightning element magic and challenge the other dozens of advanced magical theories that Professor Voladi had ordered.

When he thought of that, he suddenly felt like the enlightenment he was about to come to was disappearing.

‘Ah, let’s focus.’

Lee Han decided to stop thinking ominous thoughts and only think happy thoughts.

Creak!

With a loud noise, the door finally began to open. Perkontra let out a rough breath as if satisfied.

Opened!

“…Oh. Mr. Perkontra?”

The wizard and the great spirit froze.

Beyond the opened door, a huge wave of water began to rush in like crazy.

What…? Did this crazy wizard trap all the water here!?

Perkontra cursed and quickly gathered his strength again.

The vessel of the clone he had created reached its limit and screamed, but there was no other way.

If he didn’t stop it quickly, the young wizard would be swept away beyond the wave, and after that…

-Hmph. I will never believe it again.

-Hmph. I learned that rumors are always exaggerated. Fight with the headmaster? He must have just surrendered.

He was bound to show a cynical reaction like that.

He was already lukewarm!

By using the faith of the bell-ringers who guard the belfry, I call upon my vassals! Servants, arrive as quickly as possible!

Perkontra, who lacked strength, hurriedly summoned other spirits.

The spirits summoned for something that had nothing to do with them would be dissatisfied, but he couldn’t help it because it was urgent.

A crack connected to another dimension appeared in the air, and other spirits created a strong wall according to Perkontra’s instructions.

By using the fear offered by the watchmen of the rowboats, I borrow my authority! Thunder, become a wall and strike down the water!

Perkontra converted the roar into physical force and pushed it out strongly.

The wave of water rushing in from beyond the prison was not just an ordinary natural phenomenon.

It was clear that angry spirits were constantly summoning water to flood this area.

Perkontra somehow managed to block the water and took a breath, shouting beyond the underground punishment room passage, which was completely submerged in water.

The master of thunder and lightning, and the fear of the bell-ringers and watchmen speaks! Stop the water right now!

Lee Han, who was behind the wall built by the spirits, asked with a puzzled expression.

“The spirits are angry enough to cause a flood, but they’ll listen obediently?”

They won’t listen to the wizard. But they will listen to this Perkontra.

Perkontra’s words were arrogant, but there was no hesitation in them. That’s how confident he was.

Even if the spirits caused a flood, if it had grown to this scale, they would have clearly summoned a high-ranking spirit from another dimension, and that level of spirit would have intelligence and culture in proportion to its strength, so negotiation was naturally possible.

They wouldn’t ignore him after hearing Perkontra’s name.

Swaaaaaaash!

But there was no answer, and the wave began to intensify.

The spirits in an invisible place, realizing who was blocking them, created even more waves and poured pressure fiercely.

Perkontra was furious to the point where his whole body was distorted and discharged.

How dare they?!?!?

“Um, I heard that if the spirits are angry enough to cause a flood, it’s quite difficult to negotiate. Should we just ignore them and go look for the professor?”

Lee Han told him his knowledge as a wizard, but Perkontra had already lost his mind.

I swear by my true name, achievements, and fear! I will stick lightning in your chest and end this ridiculous water fight!!!

“No… um… Mr. Perkontra. I came to find the professor…”