Surviving As A Mage In A Magic Academy [EN]: Chapter 1018

With a monster eyeing him like a snack, the baby basilisk wasn’t helping.

The baby basilisk spun its tail, protesting.

“-I wasn’t thinking that!”

“‘I haven’t even said what you were thinking yet.”

“-I think those monsters sensed Master’s magic.”

Like the monsters they were, the baby basilisk guessed what the enemy wanted, even though it had never seen them before.

Unlike the baby basilisk, who was always eating his magic, other monsters were often hungry.

The magic they ate was never enough for their big bodies.

That’s why many strong monsters were so angry.

“-A monster that strong would need a lot of magic.”

“‘Yes, that’s right.”

The baby basilisk was angry that the monster wanted to eat its master.

“-No matter how hungry you are, you should eat magic nicely, like me!”

“‘Okay, okay.”

Instead of correcting the baby basilisk, Lee Han changed the subject.

“-There isn’t one!”

“‘There isn’t? Then why have they been attacking you all along?”

“-We must have seemed more scary.”

“‘Hmm.”

Kitarenanum was surprised.

He wouldn’t have believed it before, but he had just seen the mage from the Pengaerin family block the forbidden magic with a counter-spell.

The group was big. Maybe the monster was more scared of *them* than us.

“‘For a monster that traveled through dimensions, it’s not very active. It can’t be strong enough to be a threat. Is it leaving one side to attack?”

The magical criminal shook his head, worried.

Now wasn’t the time to worry about that.

“‘Okay. How do you want to work together? Are you thinking of joining forces and moving together?”

“‘Ha. As if either of us would do that.”

Alsicl laughed. Neither the group nor the others would consider that.

If they joined forces, they would try to stab each other in the back instead of fighting the monster…

“‘Let’s split up and escape. There’s no point in joining forces, we’ll just fight each other. You must know the map, since you came here.”

Lee Han’s idea was reasonable.

The group was on the fourth basement floor.

There were two main ways to go up the remaining three floors.

The western path was simple and straight, and the eastern path was complicated and twisted.

If they all tried to escape through the western path, they might fight each other or attract all the monsters. So, they should split up and escape!

“‘What is this? Is he a fool?”

Kitarenanum was confused.

The monsters were chasing the group. Even if they split up, the monsters would probably all go to one side.

In that case, the only good thing for the group would be avoiding fighting each other.

He was too nice.

“‘Well, even if I said more, they would refuse. If we all die, they’ll suffer too.”

“-Something’s strange. Are they planning something? Mage, you always said it.”

“-…People from Einrogard are clever, but this is different now.”

Kitarenanum explained to the demon.

The cleverness of the people from Einrogard was hard to understand, but Kitarenanum was more evil than them.

He was born evil!

The Einrogard mages always hurt his pride, saying, ‘Maybe Einrogard ignored you and you became twisted! I’m sorry!’ But Kitarenanum was proud of his evil nature.

He was born evil, without any bad luck or neglect.

Wasn’t that a good quality for a mage to have?

“-They have many people, so they have many lives to protect. So, they can’t make unreasonable deals. That’s their weakness.”

“-Yes… I understand. I’ll trust you.”

“‘That demon complains a lot.”

The magical criminal cursed the demon in his mind.

“‘Alright! But I’m not giving up the path. We’ll take the west.”

Basirmac nodded, as if he had done well.

“‘No. We’re not giving up either. We’ll take the west.”

Alsicl looked at Lee Han, worried.

“‘What if they refuse?”

“‘Don’t worry. If they’re criminals, they won’t be suspicious if we act strong.”

“‘This guy… how does he know so much about magical criminals…'”

Alsicl looked at Lee Han with worried eyes.

He wasn’t worried that the deal would fail, but that a second-year student already understood magical criminals.

…Can I really trust Gonadalteus?

“‘Hmm. Gonadalteus is a great mage, but his students have always been a bit…'”

“‘You must know that the monsters are targeting us first. Don’t think you’re the only ones who will benefit.”

“‘…You’re not a complete fool. Fine. We’ll go east.”

“‘What? Why? Are you crazy?”

Basirmac was angry.

Why was he giving in so much to the Empire?

“‘Calm down. You don’t want to die together, do you?”

“‘Threaten them! Blackmail them!”

Kitarenanum didn’t listen. He couldn’t waste any more time.

“‘We’re going to the fork first. Follow us from behind. Keep your distance.”

“‘Understood.”

The group moved first, towards the fork in the path that split into west and east.

Basirmac grumbled, but he did what he was supposed to do.

“‘They’re coming up from below. Disgusting insects. How many are left, even after killing so many?”

“‘They must have made more. Don’t worry about it. We just need to get to the fork and head east before they arrive.”

Kitarenanum got more supplies and ignored the spider monsters coming up from the underground.

Once they split up, most of the monsters would target the others anyway.

“‘Hey!”

“‘?”

The group, who had arrived first, suddenly called out. It was the Einrogard mage from before.

“‘What is it?”

“‘Basirmac! The magical criminal Kitarenanum offered ninety-nine giant hearts to make a deal with a great demon!”

“‘That’s all!”

Kitarenanum felt a chill, like he had been stabbed with ice.

The giant warrior Basirmac was glaring at him with cold eyes.

He was so different from his usual angry self that it was even more scary.

“‘That’s not true! They’re trying to turn us against each other!”

“‘I knew you made a deal with a demon. It stinks.”

“‘Then tell me, what did you offer?”

-Hahaha!

The demon laughed.

There was a rule in the contract that he couldn’t say what he offered.

If he said it, the contract would end, and Kitarenanum would become the demon’s slave forever.

“‘I can’t say because of the contract.”

“‘I see.”

“‘Don’t be fooled! They’re using tricks, like the clever Einrogard…'”

Even as he spoke, Kitarenanum didn’t understand.

He didn’t know how the Einrogard mage knew about their relationship to use that tactic.

“‘I believe in you, Kitarenanum.”

“‘Thank you!”

And at the same time, they attacked each other.

Magic came from Kitarenanum’s body, and aura exploded from Basirmac’s sword, destroying the path.

Spider monsters were crawling up, but they ignored them and attacked each other, trying to kill each other.

Excellent. He won’t go crazy.

Lee Han felt strange being praised by a worshiper of an evil god.

“‘…How did you make them fight? Is it magic?”

“‘Yes. It’s magic.”

“‘Even so, I didn’t think they would fight so fast. Have the giants been attacked before?”

“‘Yes. The warriors attacked the giants under Basirmac’s command and stole ninety-nine hearts.”

No wonder they fought so quickly!

Lee Han and Alsicl looked at each other, disgusted. As expected, they shouldn’t trust worshipers of evil gods.

“‘One floor left!”

“‘Speed magic, please!”

“‘Is it okay if there are side effects?”

“‘Do anything!”

With the group’s permission, Lee Han took out his staff.

The magic he learned from the black book hurt the body, so he didn’t use it often unless he was an Einrogard student. But it was okay if they agreed to it.

Since there was only one floor left…

-!

“‘They’re catching up!”

“‘Break through! We’re already out anyway!”

The group was ready to fight.

They didn’t want to waste time fighting deep inside.

Boom!

The sound of space breaking came from above.

“‘Are you all right?!”

A familiar skeleton flew in, sounding worried.

Next to him was the mage Erindalbell, looking pale and sweating.

“‘Gonadalteus! You’ve come to help us!”

“‘Even Erindalbell! You must have known we were in danger!”

Uh… oh.

“‘Y-yes, that’s right.”

The two mages checked on Lee Han first. They were relieved to see he was okay.

The skeleton glared at the mage next to him.

This mage made mistakes sometimes, making his heart beat fast.

Lee Han asked, confused.

“‘How did you come? With magic?”

I knew this trip was dangerous.

It was hard to understand.

The skeleton had said, ‘It’ll be a trip to get artifacts.’

Lee Han asked again.

“‘Didn’t you say we were going to get artifacts from a hidden place?”

There are many monsters.

The skeleton changed the subject.

“‘They’re stronger than normal monsters.”

I’m glad I noticed before we came out.

The two mages were going to destroy the whole area.

They didn’t want the monsters to escape.

If I destroy the area, can you fix it?

“‘Yes. I’ll fix it.”

Good. Let’s start now.

The skeleton was about to cast a spell. There was no point in waiting.

A paper bird flew to the skeleton. The skeleton’s eyes widened.

“‘Is there a problem? Did a monster escape?”

Come here.

Lee Han was worried when the skeleton called him.

What was happening that made him call Lee Han with such a serious face?

Professor Voladi has arrived at the Green Luster Magic Tower.

“‘Yes? Ah. Yes. He knows the professor.”

You weren’t here today.