Surviving As A Mage In A Magic Academy [EN]: Chapter 699

Ethan and Giselle had convinced the second-year students that smuggling was boring. Meanwhile, at the checkpoint, things were getting much louder and more chaotic.

A giant and a creature with sharp blades were attacking wildly. Third-year students started to pull out their wands slowly.

A Death Knight shouted, “-Do not draw your wands!”

One student nervously raised his wand. “Ah, I was just checking if my wand was ready… Shining light, burn the undead!”

Another student scoffed, “-Where did you learn *that* weak spell?”

Another student yelled, “Everyone, come together! Let’s beat the Skull Headmaster’s followers and show Einrogard’s strength!” Students around him started chanting, “Revolution! Revolution!”

A Death Knight sighed, “-Not another rebellion!”

The chaos grew quickly, like a fire spreading fast.

The Death Knights seemed annoyed. They yelled and called for help. “-Quickly stop these wizards!”

One student, remembering past punishments, shouted, “You’ll pay for putting me in detention last year! Negative energy block!” Another cried, “Freedom from the dark magic!” Others cast spells quickly: ‘Undead weakening spell, undead tracking spell, undead confusion spell…'”

‘Wow,’ Ethan thought. ‘The seniors must have fought the Death Knights many times.’ He watched the fight at the checkpoint, impressed.

Wizards are clever. They can beat stronger enemies if they are prepared and know their enemy’s weaknesses. The seniors were showing this skill.

Spells crashed and exploded! *Bang! Bang bang bang!* Flames burst, loud booms echoed, bright flashes lit the area, and waves of magic pushed outwards.

A senior from White Tiger Tower had turned into a huge Arcsauros creature. His friends cast spells to make him stronger. He stomped on the Death Knights, smashing them.

A senior from Black Turtle Tower climbed up high. He kept throwing potion bottles down, then cast spells to make them explode together. It created a wild storm of magical explosions.

At the same time, some seniors from Blue Dragon Tower finished a powerful spell they had been working on. A rip in space opened up, and a red lizard with fire on its tongue looked down. Its eyes seemed damaged.

Burning fire rained down. Each drop of fire destroyed and burned anything it touched. It was a very powerful spell, using fire magic, summoning magic, and other kinds of magic together.

‘Amazing!’

Ethan was amazed by the powerful magic. Then he heard shouting *between the students*. ‘Hey, you idiots! Who are you shooting at?’ yelled one senior. Another snapped back, ‘Shut up and fight, you useless fighter!’ ‘Do these jerks want to die?’ another student roared. ‘Come on then, if you dare! You smell like a monster anyway!’ ‘…’ Ethan was astonished. ‘They are fighting each other, even in this dangerous situation!’

Ethan’s friends also looked surprised. They whispered to each other. ‘Are they being too mean?’ ‘Wow, even when Wodanaz hit me, and I secretly cursed him, I didn’t say things like *that*.’ ‘Hey, be quiet. He’s standing next to Wodanaz.’ The second-year students had spent a year together, arguing but still working as a team. The seniors’ harsh fighting was very upsetting to them.

Even Giselle seemed taken aback, watching the fight with a look of astonishment.

“Moradi. Aren’t the seniors going too far?”

“Do they have to go that far?”

Ethan kindly answered the White Tiger Tower students’ questions instead.

“Moradi isn’t surprised by things like that.”

“…Ha, ha. What do you mean by that, you little punk?”

“Well, it was a compliment.”

The Phoenix Tower seniors, who were equally healing the injured, shouted.

“If you’re going to fight, please do it later! It’s hard to heal right now!”

“Fight with magic that’s easy to heal! The magic you’re using on the Death Knights right now makes the injuries too messy to heal…!”

‘Shouldn’t they be stopped for a different reason?’

While the students were fighting, Death Knight reinforcements arrived.

“-Warehouse Keeper, please.”

The Warehouse Keeper nodded.

The students who started the revolution today were out of luck.

This checkpoint was the most thoroughly prepared checkpoint in the last ten years.

One of those preparations was a summoned creature that the Skull Headmaster had left behind.

At first, he wondered why the Skull Headmaster had left such a summon when they weren’t even dealing with a powerful lightning spirit, but it was clear that it could handle the current situation.

“Come forth, Anansi!”

“!”

As the Skull Headmaster’s enormous summoned creature appeared with a rip in the air, the students fighting at the checkpoint were startled.

“Even a summoned creature!?”

“Isn’t this too much?! What kind of preparations did they make?!”

“We can’t back down now anyway! Defeat the summoned creature too!”

The student who shouted bravely suddenly collapsed. Sticky, thick spiderwebs shot out and wrapped around his body, trapping him.

“A, Anansi!”

“Crazy…! It’s Anansi!”

With the students’ screams, a giant spider appeared.

The spider, the size of a giant, glared at the students with its eight eyes gleaming.

-Students should be interested in academics, not pranks.

“Shut up, Anansi! Does this look like a prank to you!”

“Skull Headmaster’s lackey, do you know our desperation!”

Magic exploded on the spider’s massive body. However, Anansi overcame the impact by simply shaking its body lightly. It was truly an incredible defense.

Anansi ignored the attacks. Its body rippled, and it swelled up, looking even more dangerous.

Then, it exhaled a breath. The spider’s dark breath stiffened and poisoned the students.

“Cough!”

“Ugh!”

“Get out of the way!”

Anansi, having lightly swept away the students gathered at the checkpoint, clicked its legs and lunged at the rip in the air as if to bite it.

The crimson lizard, summoned by the students, clashed with Anansi.

The rain of fire burned Anansi, and the spider’s venom poisoned the lizard. It was truly a battle of immense power.

However, Anansi, as a minion of the Skull Headmaster, was bound to be more advantageous than a being from another dimension, as it was granted the power of the territory. The red lizard screeched in pain and vanished back through the rip in space.

Because of that, several Blue Dragon Tower students, who had been maintaining the grand magic, collapsed, vomiting blood. The spell’s destruction backfired on them.

“Ethan, let’s move back!”

“I suppose we should. Everyone, fall back!”

The second-year students who had not participated in the checkpoint battle quickly retreated.

Other seniors who had not participated also retreated. Anansi quickly bound the remaining students near the checkpoint with spiderwebs and solidified them with its breath.

-Good work, Anansi.

-Thanks to you, it ended quickly.

Anansi did not answer and made an even louder clicking sound than before.

At that sound, the Death Knights suddenly felt uneasy.

Anansi, once the terror of the underground kingdom, was a playful and mischievous being who had plunged the nearby dark elf and dwarf tribes into despair, unlike other powerful and ferocious monsters.

That personality had been greatly modified after succumbing to the Skull Headmaster, but it had not completely disappeared.

In particular, seeing the students’ pranks ignited a competitive spirit, and once that happened, it was not easy to stop.

-Could it be…

-Everyone must be sent to the detention room!

Anansi’s eight eyes gleamed maliciously. From that appearance, Ethan felt a sensation he had experienced countless times.

…The sensation of things going wrong!

“Everyone! Fall back further!! That crazy summoned creature is coming this way!!!”

The remaining students, from second to fourth year, quickly began to move.

Ethan summoned creatures, casting spells as he went. Dark skeleton warriors formed a solid formation and aimed their arrows.

The baby basilisk in his sleeve seemed to have awakened, making a belligerent hiss at Anansi.

It was as if it was asking to be allowed to fight.

Ethan said firmly.

“…You seem to be facing an opponent too early for you!”

Given the difference in their sizes, it seemed dangerous even though they were both venom holders.

Anansi’s body swelled up.

And once again, a dark breath was exhaled.

-That spider bastard!

-Kill it! Make it come to its senses!

The Death Knights cursed and drew their blue-flaming negative energy swords.

They had no reason to show mercy to a summoned creature like Anansi, unlike a student. In an instant, huge wounds appeared on Anansi’s back and torso, and its body shriveled due to the negative energy.

Regardless, Anansi gleefully swelled up its body even more and spewed out dark breath. It was thoroughly excited by the long-awaited opportunity for mischief.

“Ugh… crazy…”

Ogoldos, a student who studied dark magic, stumbled and fell to his knees.

As a student majoring in dark magic, there was nothing more shameful than being poisoned, but Anansi’s breath was truly vicious.

A magical breath that stiffened the body the moment it was inhaled.

Blocking any means…

“Senior!”

Ethan, who had cast strengthening magic, quickly ran over, put Ogoldos on his shoulder, and ran off.

Ogoldos, in a paralyzed state, only turned his eyes to look at Ethan.

Ogoldos tried to speak, his voice weak and slurred, ‘N… No…t… G… Goo…’

Ethan quickly threw Ogoldos in front of the Phoenix Tower seniors.

“Seniors! Please help!”

“Al, alright! …Wait, how did the junior…”

Regardless, Ethan went back in and dragged out any friends or seniors who were unlucky enough to get caught.

Seeing Ethan running with Anpagon, from the enchantment magic school, on his back, the other seniors exclaimed in astonishment.

“Someone’s saving Anpagon?!”

“He must be a new second-year! Junior! Trust us! Trust us and abandon that guy! You’ll regret it later if you don’t!”

“……”

Amidst the astonishment and jeers, Ethan placed Anpagon in front of the Phoenix Tower seniors.

‘I should hide the fact that I’m taking enchantment magic classes.’

As Ethan ran back into the breath zone, he saw the Death Knights surrounding Anansi and beating it up.

The vicious dark breath obscured his vision, but the light spheres Ethan had summoned were not to be underestimated. They pierced through the darkness and captured the scene.

‘That’s a relief. It’ll be subdued soon…’

-Disciple! Come here and help! This spider bastard has gone crazy!

-Disciple! Hurry!

” ? ”

Ethan momentarily looked around.

He wondered if there was someone else.

“……”

And then he realized belatedly.

‘It’s me!’

Come to think of it, they were calling him!

“I don’t have the ability to inflict damage on monsters like that!”

-Oh, really? Can’t you use the Sword of Gonadaltez or the Hatred of Godanaltez?

“……”

The Death Knights said awkwardly.

-Then you can just go and rest…

Anansi’s breath burst out once more, and the darkness deepened even further.

Then, Ethan’s insignia suddenly began to glow.

-Who is it?

The Death Knights were puzzled by the glowing insignia.

Who did he contract with to be in this situation?

“…Who was this again?”

-……

“It wasn’t Lord Perkontra, it wasn’t Lord Upinum, it wasn’t the Phoenix… or a spirit…”

While the Death Knights were staring in bewilderment, the answer soon came.

The undead wizard who had fought alongside them in the Ghoul King’s palace materialized from the darkness and walked out.

-Contractor… it’s been a while…!

“!”

Ethan was also surprised.

The summoning conditions were met because the contractor’s environment had become similar to the original dimension?

He knew that some beings from other dimensions were only summoned under special conditions, but he never thought he would see it like this.

“Lord Verdus!”

-…Wait, who did you say?

-Please tell me I misheard! Quickly!

The Death Knights reacted more violently than expected, looking utterly disgusted.

They would rather capture it themselves than receive help from Professor Mo!