Surviving As A Mage In A Magic Academy [EN]: Chapter 715

Seviuss chuckled, watching his junior’s eagerness.

He thought there were two kinds of people when faced with challenges.

Some ran away, and others rushed towards them.

The junior in front of him was definitely the latter. He understood why the Location Transfer Club wanted this junior.

Seviuss chuckled. “You’re the kind of person who gets even better when things get tough, aren’t you?”

Lee Han frowned, tilting his head. It wasn’t about challenges. “Not really,” he said. “I just really hate Professor Verdus.”

Seviuss opened the window and stepped outside. “Well, hate or not, stealing from Verdus is a nightmare. He protects his stuff like a dragon guarding gold.”

Lee Han looked at the White Tiger Tower seniors’ warehouse with a disappointed gaze, thinking, ‘I need to remember this.’

An excellent thief knew what *not* to steal, rather than what to steal.

Seviuss, who quietly took only the book he originally wanted, was indeed an excellent thief.

But Lee Han was different. He was the kind of thief who would take everything if he didn’t get his way.

“Professors are hard to deal with, but Professor Verdus is especially difficult,” Seviuss said.

Lee Han asked, “Is there a particular reason?”

Seviuss explained, “Professor Verdus has a lot of expensive things, so students target him first. Because of that, his defenses are better than other professors.”

Hearing about Professor Verdus being so popular among the seniors, Lee Han was dumbfounded. ‘A person can be this popular in this way!’

“Fortunately, we’re aiming for the professor’s book, so it’s still better. Professor Verdus has probably forgotten he even owns it. But it’s still difficult. We need to learn at least a few spells before going in. Oh, how did you open the window earlier?”

Seviuss remembered that there were three spells defending the White Tiger Tower warehouse window.

Paldar Reuji’s Intermediate Metal Barrier would change the metal to block intruders.

Aksen’s Mystic Amplification strengthened the power of other spells.

Zenbaya’s Intermediate Lock stopped people from getting in without touching anything. Seviuss had planned to break this spell.

But with the added spells creating synergy, he couldn’t break through. He couldn’t understand how this junior had opened it.

“After gathering magical power, if you swing it like a hammer over the widest possible area…” Lee Han explained.

Seviuss interrupted, “It must be a secret magic of the Wodanaz family.”

Despite Lee Han’s explanation, Seviuss misunderstood, thinking Lee Han was making up a silly story to hide a secret family magic. ‘Typical Blue Dragon Tower,’ he thought.

“If it’s a family’s secret magic, you don’t need to tell me. Keeping secrets is important. It’s something to be praised,” Seviuss said.

The junior glared at him, but Seviuss didn’t notice.

“If you have such magic, it will definitely be helpful in dangerous situations. But you can’t rely on that alone. You need other spells,” Seviuss continued.

Lee Han asked, “What kind of spells are there?”

Seviuss replied, “You know how to use invisibility magic, so that’s good. You also need to know how to break walls. Have you learned any related magic?”

The easiest method was to transform wood or rock into sawdust or sand, but this took a long time and was likely to be noticed. Location transfer was about speed and stealth, so the faster and more powerful the magic, the better.

Seviuss used a combination of the Atuga’s Blade Wind spell and the Rock Devouring Spirit. After cutting the wall, he would send the spirit through the gap to eat away at it.

Lee Han said, “I have learned the Tutankha Family’s Rock Disintegration magic, but it’s not yet complete…”

Seviuss asked, “Family secret magic? Can I see its power?”

Even if the magic produced the same result, the types could be infinitely many. For example, a spell to make a hole in the wall could do it in hundreds of different ways: transformation, enchantment, or even pure elemental magic.

Of course, if all these magics were still around, wizards’ heads would explode. They learned under the Imperial magic system that categorized magic based on efficiency, so students found the most efficient magic.

But there were exceptions. The secret magic passed down from families was one of them. Since it was passed down, there was no reason for the magic to compete and disappear. However, even experienced wizards found it difficult to recognize it before seeing it in person.

Lee Han said, “It will take some time.”

Seviuss replied, “There are magics that take time. I’ll wait, so do it.”

Lee Han nodded and took out his wand. The Tutankha Family’s Rock Disintegration was a family magic learned from Salco last year, and it was a headache even back then.

Lee Han didn’t often have difficulty learning magic, but this 4-circle magic was one of the most difficult. In fact, Lee Han suspected that Salco was trying to assassinate him by teaching it to him.

‘Thinking about it, I’m angry. That bastard. He couldn’t even master it himself, but he taught it to me,’ Lee Han thought.

Salco couldn’t master it because it was difficult, but he taught it to Lee Han, saying he would be able to do it. Even now, he was ridiculous.

Since then, Lee Han had practiced this magic a few times, but the difficulty was too high, so he postponed it. There were dozens of magics to learn, and he couldn’t master them all.

He took a handful of the rock he was trying to break, prepared the spell, concentrated, and then…

“In the name of Tutankha, rock, be shattered!”

Crack!

One corner of the empty classroom wall turned into powder as if it had been cut out with a knife. Seviuss’s eyes widened. The power of the magic was much stronger than he had expected.

And…

Seviuss asked, “You said you hadn’t mastered it?”

Clearly, the junior had said earlier that he hadn’t mastered it. But looking at the casting just now, it didn’t seem like he hadn’t mastered it at all. As soon as he held the reagent and recited the spell, wasn’t it cast almost immediately? At this point, it was safe to say that he had mastered it.

Lee Han said with an embarrassed expression, “That’s what I’m saying. I thought I hadn’t mastered it, but it works well after a long time.”

He hadn’t expected it to work this well. Perhaps not practicing for a while had unexpectedly helped, or perhaps the hardships in the meantime had unknowingly helped.

‘Is he crazy?’ Seviuss thought, who didn’t know Lee Han’s circumstances.

‘Is he doing this to show off?’ Judging by the effect, it was a powerful 5-circle magic. To turn a wall into powder like this at once without additional preparation or time consumption…

If he could use such magic, it was understandable that he would want to show off, but… did he really have to go this far?

“I’m glad it worked out well,” Seviuss said.

Lee Han replied, “Thank you.”

Seviuss didn’t reveal his true feelings, as befitting a seasoned location transfer expert. Lee Han, unaware of his senior’s thoughts, was naively touched. ‘He’s very trusting of people’s words,’ Seviuss thought.

“The last magic we need is combat magic. Professor Verdus is notorious for using artificial summons as sentries. We’ll try to avoid them as much as possible, but we need some force. Are you confident in combat?” Seviuss asked.

Lee Han hesitated slightly, wondering where to start and how to explain. After some thought, he made a decision. Bringing up Professor Voladi didn’t seem like a good idea, nor did bringing up the enemies he had defeated. It seemed like too obvious of a boast.

“I think I can protect myself,” Lee Han said.

Seviuss nodded. Because he was only a sophomore, and from the Blue Dragon Tower, he didn’t have high expectations for his combat ability. Such an answer was better. He wouldn’t make unnecessary mistakes out of competitiveness.

“That should be enough. Let’s go,” Seviuss said.

Seviuss took Lee Han out of the main building. As soon as Lee Han came out, he cast an invisibility spell on himself. Seviuss whispered at the unnecessary waste of magic power.

“Why are you using it already? What about your magic power?” Seviuss asked.

Lee Han replied, “I have my reasons. My magic power is fine, so please understand.”

Seviuss made an expression as if he couldn’t understand, but he didn’t say anything more. Since he had decided to do location transfer together, he had to respect the other person’s opinion, even if they were his junior.

“I’ll let it go since you say so, but keep this in mind. If you fall, I can’t take you out. I’ll get out on my own,” Seviuss warned.

Lee Han answered, “I know,” and looked around to see if there were any freshmen nearby. Fortunately, there seemed to be none who had snuck out at night. ‘I need to prepare a countermeasure quickly,’ he thought.

Seviuss asked, “Do you know Professor Verdus’s Sacred Art Hall?”

Lee Han replied, “Yes.”

Seviuss recalled that his junior was also taking enchantment magic and would naturally know about the Sacred Art Hall.

“There are several warehouses near the Sacred Art Hall. Most are inaccessible, but some have been left unguarded for a long time after the magic was cast,” Seviuss explained.

Lee Han asked, “Why doesn’t the professor repair them?”

Seviuss answered, “He’s created so many warehouses that he can’t even remember them himself. That’s why students try to steal more.”

The disciples were going out to take on requests because they didn’t have reagents or materials, but Professor Verdus had so much piled up in his warehouse that he forgot what he had collected. It wasn’t for nothing that the students were focusing on Professor Verdus’s warehouse.

“It’s lucky for us. We’re going to approach and enter one of those warehouses,” Seviuss said.

Lee Han asked, “What are the names of the books we need to get?”

Seviuss listed, “Introduction to Imperial Investment Law, Wizard, Don’t Repay the Gold Coins You Received as Investment, Introduction to Imperial Artifact Trends, Genius Enchanter Who Received a Hundred Investments, Imperial Material Encyclopedia, Treatise on Gemology…”

Lee Han interrupted, “Ah, no. Isn’t that too much? How long have you been…”

Seviuss finished, “We’re taking it all at once,” with a murderous aura in his voice.

Lee Han felt anew that Professor Verdus was an outstanding wizard. If he wasn’t, how could he have survived when he wanted to bury not only his own disciples but also students who weren’t his disciples?

“Coin, turn into silver coins. Silver coins, turn into gold coins. Gold coins, turn into jewels,” Seviuss recited as the thick oak tree rippled and turned into a door.

The two students quickly jumped inside. The inside was filled with junk. Seviuss concentrated to figure out the path.

Professor Verdus’s warehouses were like natural mazes, making it easy to get lost if you lost focus.

Creak-

“Damn it, it’s a sentry! From the entrance…” Seviuss was about to signal a retreat.

To think that a sentry would be wandering around from the entrance.

Wham!

“I caught it!” Lee Han exclaimed.

Seviuss was speechless.