Academy Gumiho is a Magical Genius – Episode 108
Temil Village (3)
Having finished their combat preparations, the students dashed towards the front lines, each saying,
“Then, I’ll be off! Please make sure to capture us well so we can impress the guilds outside, Teacher!”
“I’ll be back soon.”
With that, the students rushed into the field.
I found a spot high up and settled down, then launched a drone from my ring.
The weather was starting to clear up a bit, too.
I was just being thorough in my role as supervisor.
Wee-ing!
Clunk!
After a few mechanical sounds that seemed out of place in the medieval setting, the drone quietly began filming the students from the sky.
This way, the situation here would be vividly conveyed to the teachers, evaluators, and external figures outside the dungeon.
“I need to find the others too, but where are they all? Why is it so hard to find them?”
For the evaluation, I needed to capture the children’s judgment and strength vividly, but I never expected things to go awry right after entering the other world.
I’m realizing anew that the role of a temporary teacher is truly exhausting.
It’s already a handful just trying to find the Egg of the End.
Even for me, it’s a headache when there’s so much to worry about.
I should just do this for this semester and resign next semester.
Anyway, they probably won’t even implement the temporary teacher system then.
‘Whatever happens, I’m never doing this troublesome job again.’
Deciding to just teach them privately after school, I focused on filming for now.
Woo-oong──!!
The drone captured the entire battle situation from a high altitude.
Among the chaotic battle involving at least a hundred people, the students stood out.
“Yerin! I’m here to help!”
“…Leeji? …Isis too?”
“Teacher came too. Should I stand in the front lines?”
“…Please do.”
Casually swinging the spear he had brought, meticulously targeting only the vital points of his opponents.
Seo Yerin, perfectly defending herself without a single scratch, was truly the pinnacle of offense and defense that a student could reach.
“Hey, who’s that bastard?!”
“Take down that bitch first! The one with the spear. No, why can’t you block it? What are you doing… Kehk!!”
“We’re all going to die like this! Kill the older ones first and surround them with numerical superiority!!”
“If we could do that, we would have done it already. It’s not easy to get close because of those bastards with swords and spears!”
Mercenaries fell, screaming and bleeding.
Seo Yerin’s perfect offense and defense shone even brighter because her opponents were those who had not received proper combat training, but it wasn’t as if her opponents were too weak to notice.
Even if they were weak, simultaneously facing dozens of armed mercenaries—no, bandits—with the determination to die, and exchanging near-perfect offense and defense, was definitely something to be praised.
“Crude. I wouldn’t have taught her that way… I should teach them in a way that’s closer to real combat from now on.”
Of course, I don’t agree.
─What do you mean? Isn’t that great for her level?
“What’s the point of being good at offense and defense? Even though she’s hitting vital points, they’re too shallow to be fatal. True offense and defense is… yes, those two can be taken as examples.”
─Where, where?
“The knight in armor wielding a sword and opening a path in the center of the battlefield, and Isis.”
The knight in armor, Termia, was skillfully wielding a sword and shield in all the right places.
There’s not much else to say.
And on the opposite side.
Thump, thump!!
A firmly frozen wall of ice surrounded Isis, protecting her.
No matter how many arrows were shot from the outside, or how many swords or axes were swung, the barrier, built with a solid arrangement of magic power thanks to the bracelet, would not collapse.
Even if the surface were slightly broken, she could easily repair the broken parts by borrowing the power of the chilling air that permeated the area.
It was truly absolute defense.
“Even my flames wouldn’t melt that easily.”
─It seems so. At that level, assuming you only use 「Pyrokinesis」 magic, you’d have to invest more than half of your magic power.
Of course, if I found the barrier’s weak points with 「Yoma’s Eye」, increased efficiency and power with 「Triple Helix」, and added a curse with 「Foxfire」, I could melt it without using even 10% of my magic power.
But the problem is that the climate surrounding us is a blizzard.
It’s incredibly cold, and snow is blowing, so the power, efficiency, and chanting speed of [Ice Magic] are abnormally high without much effort.
Right now, Isis can guarantee a 50% or higher chance of victory even if she fights against a decent high-level mage or an A-class player.
Given her magical characteristics of handling ice and cold, the current environment is more favorable to Isis than ever before.
As if to prove my thoughts.
Thud──!!!
A huge chunk of hail fell towards the mercenary group.
The hail, with a mass almost equal to that of a glacier fragment, turned people into a pulp as if they were being flattened into pancakes.
Isis, effortlessly controlling the battlefield with a small amount of magic power from her position, was truly like a witch.
“I know that face… It’s, it’s the Frost Witch! The Frost Witch of the mountain cabin above the mountain range has appeared!!”
“What are you babbling about?! If you want to live, stop talking nonsense and break the ice!!”
“No, you crazy bastard! Look closely, it’s her!!”
“Hey!!! What kind of manners are those to your superior? And why would the Frost Witch be here! Just in case, it hasn’t even been half a day since the captain and his gang headed to the mountain cabin….”
Everyone, villagers and mercenaries alike, fell into a panic at her majesty.
It seems that Isis’s role as the Frost Witch is quite a fearsome existence in this world.
Indeed, the current environment is the best condition for her to unleash her magic, as she mainly deals with [Ice Magic].
But more noticeable than that is.
“I taught her well.”
─Indeed… The magic and magic power distribution she uses in the right places are fantastic.
“Right?”
It was a technique I taught.
However, not all the students I taught are doing so well.
As a bad example.
“By the way… what is he doing?”
There’s Leeji.
The guy who roughly handles his shield and axe failed to properly disperse the mercenaries’ magic-infused attacks through his shield.
As a result─.
─Thump! Quad-crack!! Crack!!
With a loud noise, Leeji’s shield and axe shattered.
The mercenaries swarmed towards Leeji, who was momentarily exposed on the battlefield.
Then Leeji cowered.
He doesn’t seem to have any intention of confronting them with his bare hands.
Then, I have no choice but to show my spirit of service by delivering it right to his doorstep.
‘I need to fly it from here to there.’
Reaching into my ring, I took out two pieces of equipment and threw them towards Leeji.
To be precise, I didn’t throw them with my hands, but with [Telekinesis] [the ability to move objects with your mind].
The weight is considerable, but the distance is surprisingly long, so I couldn’t throw them with my strength alone.
“Here, catch.”
“Ah, Teacher, what the heck!? I almost got stabbed by the axe blade!!”
“A warrior should be able to avoid that much on their own.”
“You crazy bastard!”
Leeji managed to catch the equipment I threw with both hands.
In his left hand was a tower shield as big as himself.
In his right hand was a double-edged axe of a size and weight that couldn’t be compared to the hand axe he had been wielding until just now.
The golden and white equipment made one feel holy.
「Paladin’s Axe & Shield」
Grade: S+
Description: A pair of equipment created by the artisan, Guya Ja, for Leeji. The axe and shield, each with a sense of holiness, are only A-grade weapons, but they unleash their true performance when used together.
*Shatter(破碎) [Breaking]:
Breaks and shatters objects or targets struck with the axe. This ability is based on [Earth Magic], a branch of elemental magic. The holy energy and magic of the sacred beast, which the magician, Baek Seung-woo, imbued into the casting based on the knowledge he had accumulated from other schools, became one and contained a powerful ability. If used more than five times a day, the axe may be severely damaged due to not being able to withstand the overload.
*Solar Shield
Inflicts reflective damage with a shield heated as hot as the sun. A shield cannot be limited to being just a means of defense. The most important thing to protect allies with this shield is not only the ability to defend well against attacks, but also to eliminate elements that could endanger allies in advance.
“…Oh, ahaha! I should have avoided it myself at this point!”
Hastily grabbing the shield and double-edged axe with a sacred feel, Leeji left the words ‘Thank you for the gift, Teacher!’ and ran to the front lines.
His steps were so quick and light that it was clear to anyone that he was excited. How frivolous.
The situation near Leeji changed drastically after I threw the axe.
He is playing the role of a guardian by blocking damage to himself and the villagers with his shield, and taking on each opponent one by one by swinging the weight of the huge double-edged axe from top to bottom.
Seo Yerin, who was watching the scene, swung her spear greatly in all directions to buy time, and reached out towards where I was.
“…Teacher, my, my spear too.”
Compared to the sound of spear blades clashing and the shouts, Seo Yerin’s voice was so small that I barely understood what she was trying to say by reading her lips.
Did everyone leave their belongings with me?
I felt like I had become a porter instead of a teacher or supervisor, but as a man with a dagger rushed towards her behind her, who was reaching out to me, I shot him with [Telekinesis].
“Here, take it.”
──Koo-uk!
The spear that flew a long distance pierced the man’s forehead as it was.
The man’s movement stopped at the same time.
It was instant death.
At the sight, Seo Yerin realized that the sharpness and penetrating power of the spear were unusual, and politely pulled the spear from the forehead of the unknown man.
Her work is specially ordered.
Unlike Isis’s bracelet or Leeji’s axe, it is a simple long spear with no abilities built into it.
「Diamond Pure Spear(金剛純槍)」[Diamond Pure Spear]
Grade: S+
Description: A long spear created by the artisan, Guya Ja, for Seong Yeonhwa. It is a pure spear made by hammering pure mithril tens of thousands of times, and no by-products or formulas were added or engraved except for mithril.
As such, it secures the original abilities of the weapon, including strength and durability, and due to the pure white mithril characteristics, it easily accepts external stimuli and easily absorbs and handles spear energy (槍氣) [Qi focused through a spear] and other energies.
*Diamond Indestructible(金剛不壞) [Diamond Indestructible]:
Diamond Indestructible refers to a body that is as hard as diamond and does not break. Instead of incorporating tricks into the pure spear, the spear body (槍體) [spear shaft] is processed like diamond to be hard and solid, and attention is also paid to elasticity so that it bends well but does not break.
*Pure White Mithril
This is an ability born from processing mithril, which contains properties like white drawing paper, as it is without any influence. If you calm your mind and add magic power, you can handle more powerful spear energy than usual, and if you infuse divine power, it becomes a holy spear, and if you inject demonic energy, it becomes a demonic spear.
In other words, the long spear named Pure Spear of Diamond-like Hardness had an excessively simple design compared to those of Leeji or Isis.
There are no special decorations.
The only color encompassing the weapon is white.
The only design was that the spearhead was cut stylishly.
How can this be called a design?
It can be said that this 「Diamond Pure Spear」 is the one that took care of the substance instead of the ruined appearance.
This spear is superior in every way compared to other spears.
There are no special magic or powers, but that was what I asked Guya Ja for. Instead of adding mystery, I asked him to make the best spear possible.
‘At that time, Guya Ja cursed at me, asking what the hell I was doing to an old geezer, but I didn’t know that such a work would be born if I shut his mouth with money.’
Money is the best after all.
I recalled that time, reaffirming the truth of the world.
At the time, Seo Yerin herself did not want special abilities in her weapon, and I also wanted to prevent her from relying too much on tricks rather than her skills.
So this work was born, maximizing the most basic elements of the spear: elasticity, durability, cutting power, and weight.
Instead, one disadvantage is that, due to the characteristics of mithril, the main material of the spear, energy should not be injected for too long.
Due to the mechanism of 「Diamond Pure Spear」, if spear energy is added for too long, the peerless treasure spear (寶槍) [precious spear] with unprecedented cutting power and durability will permanently change its properties to a holy spear that only has holiness if divine power is injected for a certain period of time.
‘It’s good to paint a white drawing paper, but if it’s too much and it’s stained with another color, you can’t paint another color anymore.’
Of course, if this were a real drawing paper, you could cover it with a darker color, but since it’s just an analogy, once the property is fixed, it can’t be easily changed.
In fact, it cannot be changed.
Unless a noble-class demon puts effort into transforming the 「Diamond Pure Spear」, which is fixed as a holy spear, into a demonic spear.
The possibility of that is infinitely close to 0, so I erased it cleanly from my mind.
“The rest of them should find their owners soon.”
I held up and put down a gun and a sword in my ring.
If I had known that they would be scattered like this, I should have given it to them earlier.