Surviving As A Mage In A Magic Academy [EN]: Chapter 907

Intarendals, seemingly puzzled by Lee Han’s unusually polite way of acting, began to explain.

“Everyone has both Yang and Yin. A good side and an evil side.”

“That’s about right.”

Lee Han wasn’t sure what Intarendals was getting at, but he agreed for now.

People were complex, with both good and evil together.

Just look at Gainan, for example, who would steal food from his friends but sometimes share his own.

“Well, that example might not be the best… but it seems you understand. This is a fate that even great archmages like Gonadaltes cannot avoid.”

Normal people, even with their mix of good and bad, usually find a balance.

But for a thought-form (A thought-form is like a magical being made of pure thought.) that had become like a law or rule, such balance was impossible.

Good or evil. One had to choose.

“Right now, Gonadaltes’ inner evil has awakened.”

“…Wait, so you’re saying he was a kind archmage before this?”

“Are you serious? Is that even a question?”

Lee Han was dumbfounded by Intarendals’ look, as if he were asking a stupid question.

Did the mad doppelganger perhaps send Lee Han a polite invitation and take him as a disciple?

“Gonadaltes inherited the secret magic to stop the world’s suffering. How could that not be a good purpose?”

Because the mad doppelganger wanted honor so much, he set himself a very hard goal.

He would pass on the secrets of the ancient magic he had learned to his disciple, hoping to achieve his long-cherished wish someday.

For old mages, this idea wasn’t strange. They thought if their magic lived on, it was like they lived forever.

Of course, that wish was nearly impossible, and to top it off, appearing as a thought-form to teach the secrets was quite unique even by ancient standards.

And now, the mad doppelganger’s new goal was to conquer the continent himself and rule it strictly.

‘Hmm. Definitely more moral than the second goal, when compared,’ Lee Han thought.

Lee Han couldn’t argue, much as he hated to admit it.

He had attacked disciples and magical criminals, but at least he had tried to resolve things peacefully by passing on magic, hadn’t he?

In contrast, the mad doppelganger was openly trying to conquer the continent.

‘Come to think of it, isn’t this the fault of the skeletal headmaster?’ Lee Han thought.

Lee Han’s anger grew towards Einrogaard’s headmaster, who wasn’t even there.

This desire for honor came from the skeletal headmaster, which meant that the goal of that desire was also a goal the skeletal headmaster had when he was young…

…So, that meant the skeletal headmaster had thought, ‘Should I conquer the continent?’ when he was younger.

Judging by his current appearance, it seemed he hadn’t done it, but the fact that he had such thoughts was absurd.

Why would he even think such a thing?

But blaming someone who wasn’t there was pointless. What mattered now was stopping the mad doppelganger.

‘I always thought he was crazy, but who knew he could go even crazier,’ Lee Han thought.

“Intarendals! We have to stop him! My master was originally gentle and didn’t like fighting. How could someone who wanted the highest magic become so mad!”

The hamster, who had been quietly listening and thinking, stared at Lee Han in disbelief.

That tyrant gentle? What utter nonsense!

‘No. But he’s right. We must stop him,’ Intarendals thought.

Even from the view of a magical criminal like the hamster, this situation was not good.

Of course, things weren’t great even before this, but if things got worse here, they could become even worse.

Even if he succeeded, the mad doppelganger wouldn’t let him go, and if he failed, the Imperial Suppression Force wouldn’t believe him even if he said, ‘I’m just a harmless magical criminal.’

“I agree. Lee Han of the Wodanaz family. This is completely different from what Gonadaltes usually does. He has dared to lose his mind,”

Lee Han felt relieved when Intarendals finally agreed.

If Intarendals had also said he supported conquering the continent, citing loyalty, it would have been truly hopeless.

“Thank you for agreeing. Then, how do we stop him?”

“I’m not sure…”

Lee Han and the hamster were shocked when the person who knew the mad doppelganger best said he didn’t know.

“No, I mean, if Intarendals doesn’t know, who would?” Lee Han asked.

“I only serve Gonadaltes with loyalty; I have never thought about how to change him as I wish,”

“True loyalty means being able to correct the other person when they go wrong…” Lee Han stopped, feeling it was pointless.

What good would it do to point out Intarendals’ usual attitude now? Would it magically create a solution?

He had to think of other ways as quickly as possible.

“…Ah! How about this? My master feels he owes the dragons because he learned magic from them. What if Queen Zaurin persuaded him?”

“That won’t work. At least, it won’t work on the current Gonadaltes,”

Intarendals knew his master’s way of thinking, like a loyal servant.

“-He believes that him ruling the continent is for the sake of all life, so if he defeats them first and then shows them how he governs later, the dragons will understand.”

‘What utter nonsense,’ Lee Han thought.

There was no end to such absurdity. Defeat first, apologize later?

With that kind of thinking, persuading him with the Emperor’s race would be useless.

Even if they were dragons, he would think that being gentle rulers was wrong and that he should rule strictly instead.

And the most frightening thing here was that the Emperor might agree.

‘…Surely he wouldn’t agree. No matter what… no matter what…’ Lee Han thought.

Lee Han couldn’t be sure because he wasn’t very close to the Emperor.

Would the Emperor firmly refuse if this mad doppelganger demanded the throne?

In a situation where the Empire’s evil noble families were binding the Emperor with cunning contracts and forcing him into hard labor?

‘…Dragons are generally wise and good… Damn it. I can’t be sure,’ Lee Han thought.

Oooooooong- A powerful surge of magic was felt outside the workshop. Intarendals cried out urgently.

“Gonadaltes is trying to summon the Demi-God Legion! (Demi-God Legion… that sounds like a group of very powerful magical soldiers.)”

Lee Han felt a shiver run down his spine for the first time in a while.

He had a strong feeling that if he didn’t do something immediately, the situation would be impossible to change back.

‘Demi-God Legion, does that mean something like the Black Emperor magic he showed me last time? Can he summon that on a legion scale? How?’ Lee Han wondered.

Many thoughts flashed through his mind, but Lee Han didn’t let them overwhelm him and checked what he had.

It seemed too late to call his seniors or professors. Besides, he had no idea how the mad doppelganger would react.

‘Someone who can speak strongly to the mad doppelganger, someone like that…’ Lee Han thought.

Lee Han’s gaze fell upon the Perkunatra emblem.

A powerful being on the level of a Spirit King could surely scold the mad doppelganger.

‘No!’ Lee Han thought.

Lee Han, who was about to summon Perkunatra, thought of a better way.

Come to think of it, there was someone he had met when he was forcibly dragged to the Nine Mountains and Eight Seas last time.

Lee Han took out the Yaksha King’s horn fragment. Perkunatra wasn’t a bad helper, but the Yaksha King seemed more suitable for the current situation.

Grasping the horn fragment with a desperate heart and pouring magic into it, a spell naturally flowed from his lips.

“Help me, King with Golden Eyes. A mortal craves your wisdom!”

Lee Han was slightly worried even as he chanted the spell.

He had thought this when he received the horn fragment, but the Yaksha King was a being in a distant place.

He hadn’t made a contract with Lee Han and had no real connection to the continent, so could he really appear with just a horn fragment?

Hmm. You summoned me sooner than I expected.

But surprisingly, the Yaksha King appeared instantly in the air. He wasn’t just there; he *materialized*, shimmering into existence like a figure from a dream. He was huge, clad in armor that gleamed like polished gold, and his eyes burned with golden fire even from under his helmet.

There was no sign, no great magic. That made Lee Han even more surprised.

The hamster was also surprised, squeaking instead of forcing out human words.

How could a being from another dimension cross the gap and come so easily?

‘Who is this?’ The Yaksha King asked.

Disciple of Osu. I knew this would happen.

The Yaksha King’s voice had a mystical quality that only a being who could see the future could have.

Lee Han was overwhelmed by that energy.

Forgetting the anger of being tricked by a fake Star Guide last time, Lee Han unconsciously asked politely.

“You predicted this situation?”

Indeed! It was not hard to foresee. It is, in some ways, obvious that demon assassins would target you, Osu’s disciple.

The hamster felt a moment of shame.

He was ashamed of himself for being overwhelmed by a madman from another dimension.

And Lee Han felt the same.

“No, that’s not it,” Lee Han said.

Hmm?

“It’s not that I’m being attacked by demon assassins.”

Lee Han held back his anger and explained as quickly as possible. There was no time to be angry now.

Fortunately, the Yaksha King understood right away.

Hmm. My prediction was a little off. Maybe your existence, Osu’s disciple, changed things.

“…Enough with the excuses, help me! You said you were close to the headmaster when he was young. Did he ever go crazy back then?”

Osu’s disciple. I can only think that you misunderstand your master…

The Yaksha King was a little unsure, as Lee Han seemed to think of his master as some kind of madman.

The skeletal headmaster was not such a madman.

Of course, the current mad doppelganger certainly needed to be stopped.

Hmm. We must first fix the problem now. Osu’s disciple. You must help.

“What should I do?” Lee Han asked right away, instead of wasting time arguing.

Summon your master. Not Osu, but Osu’s doppelganger. Hmm. It would be better to summon him like this. Tell him that you have seen a new chance in the secrets of Dynamis, and that you will challenge Eternal Fall again. Summon him by saying that you will cast Despotis, Osu’s disciple.

“…????” Lee Han paused for a moment as several unknown ancient spells were said.

They seemed like spells that were at least as strong as a Small World.

‘Can I really lie like this when I don’t know anything about the spells?’ Lee Han wondered.

But the huge surge of power felt outside stopped Lee Han from waiting any longer.

Lee Han immediately took out the Echo Stone and called the mad doppelganger.

“I am busy now, so lead the front and move out quickly,”

“Master. I have seen a new chance in the secrets of Dynamis. I want to challenge Eternal Fall again. I will also cast Despoti…”

Before he could finish, the Echo Stone went dark. And then, the workshop door exploded inwards, splintering wood flying everywhere.

The mad doppelganger roared, his eyes blazing with an unnatural light.

“Is that true?!”

The Yaksha King ambushed the mad doppelganger, who had been careless in his haste.

The great mage cried out in shock as the giant Yaksha, clad in armor and a helmet gleaming with red-gold, held him back with both arms.

“You are?” The mad doppelganger asked.

It has been a while, Osu.

“Yaksha King…! Even if you owe me a favor, how dare you try to stop royalty?” The mad doppelganger’s eyes burned with anger at the unbelievable nerve.

And those eyes immediately turned to his disciple.

“Disciple, how dare you betray your master?”

“…Your Majesty. This can be fixed, right? Please say it can,” Lee Han said with all his heart.