Surviving As A Mage In A Magic Academy [EN]: Chapter 1091

“Magical energy, you mean?”

“Yes.”

‘Was there such a thing?’

The butler was puzzled again.

Noble families did not buy mansions without careful thought. Buying something cheap without asking questions was only done in the Einroguard black market. Noble families checked everything in detail.

They checked the history of the previous owners, recent events, and nearby families. They even hired wizards to check for any magical problems. This mansion had gone through all those checks.

There wasn’t anything strange, though, was there?

“Indeed! I’ve also suspected the magical energy of this mansion a few times. When I was checking the magic that Senior Zandani made, it strangely kept failing.”

For a moment, Lee Han almost said, ‘That’s because of your senior’s skills.’

‘Oops. What am I doing?’

To set such a trap.

The opponent’s skill was sharper than he thought. Lee Han steeled himself, reminding himself never to let his guard down.

“You’re right. The magical energy in the basement of the mansion is subtly twisted. It’s hard to detect, but it greatly affects high-level magic.”

“Oh dear! Even though I checked it so many times…”

The butler’s face turned pale as he exclaimed. He felt ashamed for not noticing this.

“It’s not your fault, Butler. It’s not easy to notice something like this. Don’t worry. I’ll take care of it right away.”

“Th-thank you!”

The butler was touched by the young Wodanaz family member’s consideration.

Perhaps this was why the Einroguard wizards wanted to visit the basement first.

Lee Han summoned the skeleton warriors, led by Gonadaltez.

He would have summoned a golem for battle, but skeleton warriors were more suitable for doing chores in the basement.

My disciple…!

The young prince was moved once again.

From the club’s pseudonym to the name of the summoned creature, this disciple’s thoughtfulness seemed deeper than the ocean.

‘…I must never tell him the origin.’

Lee Han resolved and began to dig. With telekinesis, the skeleton warriors carefully dug down into the basement floor.

“Shall I help you?”

Irendi, who had been looking for an opportunity, asked cautiously. Lee Han readily agreed.

“Good. What kind of magic will you use?”

“I’ll show you my jewel dancers!”

Irendi picked up rubies, opals, sapphires, and garnets one by one and shouted.

This magic summoned intricately designed creatures based on the magic power within the jewels and was one of Irendi’s specialties.

Although the jewels disappeared after use, it was worth it. It wasn’t easy to summon such a creature without a contract with another dimension.

Lee Han held back a scream and stopped him.

“…I don’t think you need to use it. We already have enough workers.”

“Is that so…”

Gainan’s distant relative nodded with a dejected face.

He wanted to show off his skills in front of the senior wizard from Einroguard!

Crack!

It was a different sound than digging dirt.

It was similar to a metallic sound, but it was a magical burst that only wizards could recognize.

Disciple. Prepare yourself.

Lee Han nodded and gripped his staff.

Now, the secret vault hidden by the young prince would soon appear…

Thud!

A bronze guardian walked out from the excavated dirt.

Such guardians, created to protect dungeons or ruins, were common, but Lee Han felt a chill run down his spine.

With his excellent senses, he recognized the magic engraved on the opponent.

‘What…?!’

Superior fire resistance, superior cold resistance, superior lightning resistance, superior darkness…

All sorts of resistances were applied to its entire body, and even the resistance magic itself was difficult to understand. It seemed to be ancient magic, trapped several times to prevent external release.

As soon as he saw this, an image flashed through his mind.

It was definitely made by the Headmaster in his younger days.

Even if a great wizard roughly molded bronze to create a guardian, was it this powerful?

Lee Han gritted his teeth and cast a spell.

The most powerful penetrating magic that came to mind was the 5th circle magic, , but he wondered if it would be effective against an opponent with such strong resistance.

‘If so…’

A great wizard is flexible.

Immediately, Lee Han changed his strategy. Water orbs formed and rotated in the air.

Apart from having strong resistance to the water element, the impact from the rotation would be strong. Lee Han used telekinesis to press down on the opponent and began aiming.

-Interception. Interception.

Surprisingly, the outer surface of the bronze guardian changed, and hidden magic appeared.

The amount of information in the spells and formulas was enough to make Lee Han’s head ache.

‘…It stops moving objects within a certain distance… no…!’

A telekinetic magic that simply stopped projectiles flying around.

Lee Han gritted his teeth at the young prince’s preparation and cast the next spell. Now was not the time to stand still.

‘Space movement!’

Even the magic he had recently learned was used.

Because of the opponent’s great magic power, he couldn’t directly move it to the main body, but he could break through the opponent’s interception.

The rotating water orbs moved quickly inside the basement. The water orbs darted around, moving suddenly from one spot to another.

It was a short but fierce battle. The bronze guardian tried to stop the projectiles, and Lee Han tried to move the projectiles through space faster than that to break through.

And the winner was Lee Han. Based on his immense magic power, Lee Han launched a barrage of attacks and finally gained the upper hand.

‘I broke through!’

There was no longer a sense of the projectiles being blocked. The rapidly flying orbs slammed into the opponent’s body, making impact sounds.

One hit, two hits, three hits, four hits…

At that moment, he felt the opponent’s great magic power waver. Then, the magic recorded inside became clearer. Lee Han did not miss the opportunity and used the black magnetite of his staff to cast reverse magic.

‘The magic that needs to be stopped first is…!’

The resistance magic and great magic power against the water element were temporarily stopped. Lee Han immediately teleported the water orb directly into the body.

It was a critical hit. The accumulated impact, along with the damage, burst out rapidly.

Thud!

‘Phew. I lived.’

Lee Han let out a sigh of relief.

He was even more nervous because he was digging in the basement of someone else’s mansion.

If this were Einroguard, it wouldn’t matter if the opponent destroyed the building, but this was a noble family’s mansion. If he didn’t catch it immediately, a disaster could occur.

Mainly in Lee Han’s gold coin pouch…

‘More than that, to not warn me about this.’

Lee Han took out his notebook to complain.

To not tell me the most important thing.

He also thought that maybe Headmaster Hae or Professor Volm were deliberately provoking a fight.

Disciple?

Disciple. You don’t need to fight him. Because I’m here, he won’t attack you.

Disciple? Aha. You wanted to compete once. I’ll cheer you on.

You did well! Excellent!

Lee Han made a gloomy expression as he looked at the letters that had been added.

…Honestly, I couldn’t see this!

‘How am I supposed to check this in that short amount of time.’

The most important thing in magical combat was speed.

You have to go on the offensive the moment you see your opponent.

In fact, the fight between Lee Han and the bronze guardian was a short and intense fight that lasted less than 10 seconds.

If you were to afford yourself any leisure, you might lose, but you can’t read the letters in the notebook one by one and act…

Your unwavering spirit of challenge always makes your nobility shine even more.

“…Thank you for the compliment…”

“To think there was something like this in the basement…!”

The butler couldn’t hide his astonishment.

He never imagined that the magical energy being scattered would mean something like this.

Was it not just that the magic power was turbid?

Lee Han quickly managed his expression and opened his mouth.

“That’s right. Sometimes the magic power is turbid, but there are also cases where ancient magic dolls are sleeping in the ground like this.”

It was a little different from what the young prince had expected, but at least they had come to the right destination.

The two looked at Lee Han with eyes full of respect.

As expected, the upperclassmen of Einroguard were different!

“Did you see that just now? That guardian had more than a dozen magic spells inside, and he defeated it!”

Irendi exclaimed with an excited voice. At those words, Lee Han was surprised and asked back.

“Did you sense that?”

He estimated the number of magic spells engraved inside the bronze guardian.

He couldn’t count them exactly, but it was amazing that he estimated them in double digits. Lee Han couldn’t count the numbers accurately in that short amount of time.

“Yes? Yes.”

The Valdrogard student answered without realizing how great his ability was.

“…You’re Gainan’s relative, right?”

“Yes…? Is that right?”

“And you’re a Valdrogard student?”

Irendi tilted his head, bewildered. He didn’t understand what the other person was asking.

‘Even though divination magic isn’t absolute, for such a talent to be in Valdrogard…!’

Lee Han trembled inwardly.

Alsiql Pengaerin was like that, and sometimes there were excellent wizards who didn’t enter Einroguard.

But for that wizard to enter Valdrogard. Isn’t this an excessive trick of fate?

‘Should I tell the Headmaster now and force him to transfer to Einroguard?’

Lee Han paused after thinking that far.

Come to think of it, it was a radical idea that didn’t consider the other person’s opinion at all.

There was almost a 99% chance that the other person would be unhappy.

‘Oops. What nonsense am I thinking? It must be because I caught something from the Skeleton Headmaster during vacation.’

No matter how he thought about it, there was no way he would have such a radical idea. He must have caught something from the Skeleton Headmaster.

“Are you okay?”

“…Yes. I’m fine. Could you wait a moment? I think I need to check for other threats…”

Lee Han subtly avoided the gazes of respect and anticipation and checked the notebook again.

“What shall we do now? Do we dig deeper?”

No. There’s no need to do that. I already took it out and put it on your shoulder, disciple.

“???”

At the unexpected answer, Lee Han looked around.

Surprisingly, he didn’t feel anything.

…Is it perhaps clothing that only good people can see?