Surviving As A Mage In A Magic Academy [EN]: Chapter 1130

‘Why did you let him be questioned like that?’ Ethan was tired and resting, but he looked at the knights with angry eyes, though he didn’t speak at first. If they knew Professor Voladi was close by, they should have asked him quietly, not let Ivinta tell everything, from Juzen being an evil god worshiper to why he was angry.

Of course, even the knights didn’t think Ivinta would say so much. They only thought they would find a secret hiding place for the evil god worshipers.

-We, we didn’t know he would say so much!

‘And you call that an excuse?’

Professors Garcia and Kirmin thought bad words in their heads. Were these really the proud veterans who had fought for hundreds of years? Ethan thought they wouldn’t be so proud now.

“D-Did I make a mistake?”

“Keep talking.” Professor Voladi spoke to calm the scared Ivinta.

“Stop it, you idiot!” someone shouted in their mind.

“If you don’t shut your mouth, I’ll tell the headmaster you are a traitor!”

“Ah… no…”

As the Death Knights and Ethan threatened him in a scary way, tears came to Ivinta’s eyes, even though he looked tough. He was really terrified.

These knights were servants of the skeleton headmaster, and monsters that could kill you in a dungeon. Each Death Knight was a very strong undead monster that could destroy things easily.

Besides, the wizard next to them was from the Wodanaaz family. Just being from that family made him even scarier to Ivinta than the knights.

Ivinta’s fear spread to his old friend, a mercenary who used to be a shoemaker. The mercenary asked, confused, “Hey, what’s going on? If we talk, they said they’d let us go…”

*Shhh-*

The mercenary suddenly felt something sticking out of his chest. It was a blade, which was unbelievable.

“?!?!!”

Even though a thin, silver blade had gone through his body, there was no pain, and no blood. He hadn’t even felt it go in. The mercenary almost screamed at the scary sight.

“Do not move,” Professor Voladi warned in a kind voice. “The magic blade that is in your body is stuck in place and not hurting you. But if you move even a little, your whole body will be ripped apart.”

“Keep talking,” Professor Voladi said again.

“What… what… what do you mean?” the mercenary stammered, his eyes wide with fear.

“What you were saying before,” Professor Voladi replied, his voice a little impatient.

The mercenary blinked, looking at the Death Knights who were shaking their heads and making ‘no’ signs. But he was too scared to listen to them. *If I don’t talk,* he thought, *these undead knights might kill me later. But if I do talk, will this wizard hurt me badly inside with that blade?*

“A-About Juzen,” he began, his voice trembling, “I don’t know much… What I said before is almost everything. And… also…”

“Tell me everything exactly as you remember it. Don’t leave anything out,” Professor Voladi said, his voice now sounding a little annoyed. Even though it was just a little annoyance, it made the air feel heavy. The knights didn’t even move and just watched carefully.

The mercenary told everything he saw. He said that Juzen and other vampires from rich families in the West were very angry at the Beggrak family. But the cult was in such a bad situation that they didn’t want to cause trouble.

“But he changed his mind, right?” Professor Voladi pointed to what Juzen had done. “Evil god worshipers didn’t always make sense,” Professor Voladi continued. “You can’t guess what they’ll do using normal logic. They would do anything to bring back their evil god, but they also changed their minds easily and did things randomly if they felt like it, even because of small changes in how they felt.”

The mercenary had nothing to say, so he nodded.

“That’s… that’s right.”

“There are more survivors than we thought. Maybe that’s why,” Professor Voladi said quietly and pulled the blade out of the mercenary’s chest. Professors Garcia and the knights sighed in relief when they saw that.

But then, Ethan suddenly shouted, “…Everyone, stop Professor Beggrak!”

“?!?” Professor Garcia didn’t understand what Ethan meant for a second. *Has this ambitious student finally decided to take over his professor job, or even the headmaster job?* Professor Garcia wondered. *Ethan didn’t need to do that, there were many professor jobs available.*

-Ah!

The knights reacted faster than Professor Garcia. They realized what Ethan was worried about. *Clatter!* Black chains suddenly appeared in the air and flew towards Professor Voladi. But the professor was already gone.

He had used simple space magic to slow down the chains for a moment and escaped while they were slowed down.

-Damn magic fighters!

The Death Knights were angry and clicked their teeth. Experienced magic fighters were harder to deal with than powerful mages. They knew how to use even basic magic perfectly.

“Professor! Wait, let’s talk for a moment! Just a moment!” Ethan shouted to the professor, using all his telekinesis power in one hand. The hamster was shocked at how bold Ethan was. *Is that really his student?* it thought.

“Let’s talk later. You can study by yourselves for the rest of the time,” Professor Voladi’s voice said from behind.

Ethan quickly turned around and tried to stop him with telekinesis.

“Don’t be fooled, Wodanaaz!” Professor Kirmin yelled. “It’s a trick!” Professor Kirmin thought Voladi was like a friend he hated, because Voladi was learning and using his tricks so well.

As Ethan turned around, the figure of Professor Voladi that had appeared behind him disappeared like it was melting. He had tricked Ethan by making a fake copy of himself with light and sound. Ethan felt stupid for falling for such a simple trick. *How could I be tricked like that!* he thought angrily.

“Professor Kim, use soul vision! Voladi will escape using dimensions!” Professor Kirmin shouted loudly and finished making the magic maze in different dimensions that he had been preparing. Now, he had to stop his friend from escaping.

Professor Garcia, who was changing reality to stop space magic, quickly used soul vision. Because Professor Voladi was so talented, they had to be ready for anything. Ethan also focused on his soul vision. Just then, a familiar angel’s voice shouted,

-What is this… stop!

‘Apazragon!’ Ethan’s heart sank when he heard the angel’s voice. *Why would Professor Voladi suddenly attack the angel?* he wondered. *It doesn’t make sense.*

“Voladi has taken the angel’s dimension!” Professor Kirmin shouted.

-He stole the Dimension of Divine Radiance! I can’t believe it! the angel cried. Ethan understood the situation right away from Professor Kirmin’s shout and the angel’s cry. The Dimension of Divine Radiance was special to the Celestial race. Apazragon used it to secretly follow Ethan. It was a strange dimension, like a shadow that was always changing, perfect for watching secretly and escaping. Professor Voladi had been planning to use it from the moment the angel showed himself and bragged about his dimension.

“Apazragon! Chase him!” Ethan yelled.

-That human stole my Dimension of Divine Radiance! the angel cried. Apazragon was about to complain, but Ethan didn’t have time to listen. No matter how skilled Professors Garcia and Kirmin were, they couldn’t stop such unexpected tricks.

“If you let him get away, I’ll call all the creatures from every dimension I know and send you to the most faraway place! Chase him, you idiot! You have to catch him! You brought that dimension here, so you fix this mess!”

Apazragon, who had always lived peacefully in his own dimension, learned what ‘not making sense’ meant for the first time. Apazragon tried to go back into the dimension that had been stolen from him. But just like it was hard for others to stop him in his dimension, it was hard for him to stop someone else inside it.

Professor Voladi was already getting further and further away, so it was hard to even know where he was going. At this rate, when Apazragon got back to the real world, Professor Voladi would be many kilometers away.

“Professor!! The truth is, I went into the dimension to fight a strong monster, not to chase Juzen! Please come back!!” Knowing it was hopeless, Ethan shouted loudly. Of course, Professor Voladi, who had disappeared, couldn’t hear him. And it didn’t sound real anyway. Even if Professor Voladi had heard it, he probably wouldn’t have believed it.

“Kuh…!” Ethan couldn’t believe what had just happened so quickly. All of this happened because of one moment of not paying attention. He wanted to be angry at everyone, starting with those evil god worshipers and even that angel.

“Calm down, Ethan,” Professor Garcia said, trying to comfort Ethan as if he was worried. Professor Kirmin added, “It’s not your fault, Wodanaaz. It’s Professor Beggrak’s fault for doing whatever he wanted.”

“More than that, how did you know the professor would escape?” Professor Garcia asked, confused.

“You said there were more survivors than expected.”

“???” Professor Garcia still didn’t understand. But Professor Kirmin sighed.

“Exactly! That’s it!”

“…C-Could you explain it to me too, Kirmin?” Professor Garcia asked.

“Ah. Sorry, Garcia,” Professor Kirmin said, looking at his confused friend. “Not everyone from Einrogard knew a lot about the Beggrak family. Maybe Wodanaaz and I do, but Professor Garcia doesn’t know as much.”

“So… you’re saying there are more survivors among those evil god worshipers who are angry at Professor Voladi himself?” Professor Garcia asked again, still not understanding.

“Is that right…?” Professor Garcia still didn’t understand. Professor Kirmin kindly explained it in detail as if he was teaching a student. “One, there are more survivors among the evil god worshipers who are angry at Professor Voladi than we thought. Two, they don’t want to attack right now because of the cult’s situation, but with so many survivors, you never know when things might change. Three, so it makes sense for Professor Voladi to go around alone and get rid of the other survivors.”

“…W-Wait a minute. I still don’t understand number three?? W-Why is he going around alone, even if he’s killing them?”

“I’m his student, right? If Professor Voladi goes around alone, people will notice him. But they won’t pay attention to just a student like me,” Ethan explained. *He deserves a perfect score in Beggrak studies,* Professor Kirmin thought in his head, impressed. Unlike him, whose senses were not as sharp anymore (which is why he was slow to understand Voladi earlier), this student was still very sharp because of his recent hard training. Professor Kirmin used to be very good at understanding his friend…

“…Ah. So that’s why you mentioned the story about the Fire Giant King?” Professor Garcia finally understood.

“That’s exactly right,” Professor Kirmin said, looking at Professor Garcia with pity. “Maybe when Professor Voladi heard that his student had chased someone beyond dimensions, he realized that his student was trying to get rid of the remaining people who were angry at his family. Maybe that was the final reason. Knowing that, Voladi would definitely not stay calm.”

“Thinking about it now, I should have caught him immediately to stop him from escaping…” Ethan mumbled, sounding regretful.

“……” Professor Garcia looked annoyed. *Can’t these people just sit down and talk calmly?* he thought. Professor Beggrak, his student, and his friend were all so annoying, thinking too much and acting too quickly based on small clues. *Can’t they just sit down and solve problems with calm talk!*

But Professor Garcia didn’t say anything. Because the two people who had lost their friend and teacher looked very sad.

“…Both of you, cheer up,” Professor Garcia said instead. “Professor Beggrak won’t do anything too bad.”

“Do you really think so?” Ethan asked, sounding unsure.

“Of course, Ethan,” Professor Garcia said firmly.

“Maybe I should ask His Highness Uman to offer money to catch the professor…” Ethan muttered.

“…That doesn’t seem like a good idea,” Professor Garcia said quickly.