Surviving As A Mage In A Magic Academy [EN]: Chapter 1152

Giselle frowned. “Why on earth would you plan something like that? Wait. More importantly, who are you talking about when you say ‘evil god worshippers’? Prahgal?”

Giselle knew that the priests of the Overabundance Cult had a long and troubled history with Wodanaz.

Giselle wondered if the Overabundance Cult was finally going to attack.

“What? No.”

“Then Ksaksa Rigol?”

“Of course, Sanguilros. Seriously, why are you and Caton-sunbae constantly bringing up other evil god worshippers?”

“……”

“You even went on a mission to fight evil together during the school holiday, Moradi.”

“Alright, sorry I couldn’t guess,”

Giselle retorted sarcastically.

“Apology not accepted.”

“……”

“Anyway, Professor Begrek disappeared because of those guys.”

“Kidnapped?”

Giselle reacted in the same way as Caton, her senior.

A professor from Einroguard being kidnapped…

“No. He went missing trying to raid the cultists. By the way, Moradi, didn’t you know the professor had disappeared?”

“No.”

“Isn’t White Tiger Tower a bit too callous? So little concern for others.”

“…Never mind, just explain more.”

Suppressing the urge to punch him, Giselle tried to listen to her friend’s explanation. Information was what she needed right now.

A short while later, Giselle nodded slightly as her friend finished explaining.

‘I see.’

Having heard everything, it made sense.

Wodanaz usually acted like such a good nanny that he seemed like a kind and benevolent wizard, but inside, there was an untamable, ferocious beast. There was no reason for a bloke who could speak his mind without fear in front of a king from another dimension or the Skull Headmaster’s insane doppelganger to cower before evil god worshippers.

It was like they had really insulted Wodanaz, even though he usually stays calm…

Lee Han said with a slightly worried tone, “This is different from a normal request, isn’t it? I don’t know how they’ll take it.”

“It certainly is.”

Giselle, who had been agreeing, paused.

Huh?

‘Wait a minute. Did this bloke just assume I’d accept it no matter what?’

Of course, Giselle, coming from a knightly family, wouldn’t refuse a task like fighting evil god worshippers, but for some reason, she felt strangely resentful. It was annoying that he hadn’t explained it beforehand, and even more annoying that his prediction was correct despite not explaining it.

Lee Han hesitated, then sighed. “Hmm, okay, better to just say it.”

Giselle raised an eyebrow, her voice sharp. “Say what? What else are you hiding?”

Lee Han said quickly, holding up his hands. “Not from *you*, Moradi. It’s about the others. The White Tiger Tower lot. If I tell *them* the real reason, they’ll probably chicken out.”

“Wait a minute—” Giselle started, confused.

“Everyone, gather around! I have something to say!”

She tried to stop him, but Lee Han had already called his friends. The White Tiger Tower students, who had already been waiting, quickly gathered.

“There’s a hidden purpose to this request. It’s to fight evil god worshippers.”

A quiet shock spread among the students.

“So, if you want to drop out now…”

Anglaga shouted, glaring. “If you’re going to leave me behind on something like this, Wodanaz, you’ll have to cut me down first!”

Giselle, who was behind him, sighed deeply and said, “…I was going to say it would backfire.”

Living in Blue Dragon Tower, it was easy to think that students from other towers lived the same way.

But that wasn’t the case. Since everyone had different races and backgrounds, their behavior was bound to be different.

For example, if you asked Gainando, ‘Do you want to come with us to fight evil god worshippers?’, there was a high chance Gainando would burst into tears (so he didn’t ask).

It wasn’t just Gainando; few students in Blue Dragon Tower would show interest or rush over in surprise at the mention of fighting evil god worshippers.

However, the students of White Tiger Tower were different.

Since most of them came from knightly families, this kind of fight was an honor that White Tiger Tower students couldn’t miss.

Caton looked at the White Tiger Tower juniors gathered behind him and wore an understanding expression. “Indeed. So.”

Certainly, if you came from a knightly family, it would be hard to let an opportunity like this pass. It didn’t matter how strong or dangerous the opponent was. Rather, the more that was the case, the more the honor of confronting that opponent increased.

‘I must be out of it these days. To make such a basic mistake.’

Lee Han realized he was wrong to think his White Tiger Tower friends were the same as his Blue Dragon Tower friends.

Caton looked at his junior with gratitude. “Still, you thought well, Junior. To give this opportunity to your other juniors.”

Certainly, having a capable friend was helpful in many ways. Wasn’t it thanks to friends like Dirett and Illeg that Caton himself was able to learn magic to this extent?

The White Tiger Tower students behind him muttered. “A gift?”

The price they had to pay was too harsh to call it a gift.

Ah… right.

Lee Han belatedly realized Giselle’s point.

There was no point in telling White Tiger Tower friends it was dangerous.

Wodanaz! If you’re going to leave me behind, cut me down…

“Alright.”

“You, you were really going to cut me down, you bastard!”

“Good dodge.”

Lee Han muttered at the sight of Anglaga backing away.

He often felt that his friends’ magical skills were improving much faster than expected these days.

Especially the White Tiger Tower friends, who often had two or three enhancement-type spells cast on themselves as a matter of course, so Lee Han had to brace himself if he wanted to catch them to give them some homework.

In fact, the rapid improvement in the magical skills of the second-year students at Einroguard was largely due to one crazy wizard in the same year who was constantly pushing them relentlessly, but Lee Han was completely unaware of this.

Anglaga, who quickly created some distance, shouted to his friends.

“Everyone, be careful. Wodanaz’s attack patterns include telekinesis, lightning, fire, water orbs, flying swords, teleportation, evil eye curse, and undead summons! Don’t forget he also uses swordsmanship at close range!”

“…Thanks, Anglaga! You’ve given me courage!”

“Let’s resolve this through dialogue, Wodanaz! Violence is not a wizardly way!”

They were the students who revered violence the most among the four towers, but when facing Lee Han, they turned into people who preferred formality and etiquette even more than the Blue Dragon Tower.

Lee Han shouted as if he was dumbfounded at the White Tiger Tower students’ brazen claims, “Why are you trying to resolve this through dialogue when you’ve followed me on someone else’s request without permission?”

“Wodanaz, think about it! Wouldn’t it be more helpful for your magic to have strong vanguards like us?”

“I’m fine with Caton-sunbae and Moradi.”

“…Two isn’t enough. You need more vanguards. Don’t you know how knights protect wizards on the battlefield?”

“Hmm.”

It was a hastily concocted logic, but the White Tiger Tower students’ claim was quite plausible. Certainly, there was no harm in having more combat-capable people.

“Then… how about only the person who wins in a one-on-one fight with me gets to go?”

“……”

“…Just tell us not to come. You bastard.”

The White Tiger Tower students were furious and booed. Even Deurkeu shook his head.

That’s not right!

Lee Han was slightly flustered and revised the conditions.

“Alright, alright. Then… how about only people who can use Aura get to go?”

“……”

“…Isn’t that too much?”

Faced with continued opposition, Lee Han put his head together with his friends and found a compromise. 2 vs 1, 3 vs 1…

After fierce negotiations and even fiercer battles than the negotiations, the White Tiger Tower students were barely allowed to accompany them. The students who had been granted permission endured the pain rising from being beaten and gnashed their teeth.

And they thought to themselves, ‘Evil god worshippers. I won’t forgive you…!’

Caton praised his juniors. “Your juniors’ eyes are full of vigor, and their whole bodies exude an intense aura as if they’ve just come out of a fight.”

Normally, second-year students would be excited and relaxed at the prospect of going outside, but today, the White Tiger Tower students exuded the atmosphere of knights who had just fought.

The White Tiger Tower students were at a loss for what to do at the praise of their senior, who was like the sky. “Th, thank you.”

This senior from the Jahan family was a kind of legend within White Tiger Tower. It was already difficult to meet a fifth-year student, but Caton was special among them. Most of them were either in the disciplinary room or wandering the remote valleys of Einroguard…

And some students who knew the truth quietly remained silent, not wanting to tarnish Caton’s mysterious image. They wanted Caton to remain the mysterious swordsmanship genius of White Tiger Tower.

Caton asked, “But how are you going to fight the evil god worshippers? Do you even know where they are?”

Lee Han answered, “I’m going to use the method I used last time.”

At Lee Han’s words, Ibinta, who was driving the carriage in front, flinched.

‘Was he going to use that crazy scorched-earth method again?! Madness.’

They were bound to stop by one or two cities and four or five villages on the way to the north, and if the same fighting took place in all of them…

Ibinta stroked his neck without realizing it. He probably shouldn’t visit the western or northern parts of the empire even after this was over.

‘From thieves to mercenaries, everyone would be putting a bounty on his head! Once I’m released, I should run away to the far east and never come back.’

Ibinta looked at the Death Knights riding next to him with tearful eyes. “It was quite effective, wasn’t it, Mr. Ibinta?”

Ibinta responded, “Ah… y, yes… yes! It was good.”

It was a plea for help. However, the knights coldly shook their heads.

‘It’s not our place to interfere.’

The knights were most surprised by the fact that the Skull Headmaster, upon hearing the shocking news from the last request, had surprisingly not reacted at all.

The Skull Headmaster had only asked a few questions.

“-The bureaucrats just let it slide?”

“-Yes.”

“-Those vile bastards. If I do it, it’s a shameless act that shakes the empire’s laws, but if Wodanaz does it, it’s a righteous act? I understand.”

“-…Do you have anything else to say?”

“-Nothing? Do you want me to say something?”

“-Ah, no.”

At least some of them thought they would be sent to the disciplinary room for failing to properly assist and causing a rampage, but the knights were rather puzzled when they were all released unharmed.

Why?

The answer was unknown, and because of that, various conspiracy theories arose among the knights. The master provoked it, the evil god worshippers were also recruited by the master, he’s still in contact with Professor Begrek, and so on.

They started saying bad things about the Headmaster that would get them in big trouble if he heard. They talked and talked without stopping.

In any case, since they didn’t get an answer, there was only one action the knights could take.

‘Since there’s no problem, it means we can do what we did before.’

If there had been a problem with that mess last time, he would have definitely said something.

The knights took the Skull Headmaster’s silence as permission.

Lee Han started to explain, “So, what’s the method you used last time? Did you make a spy and send them in? It’s a bit different. First…”

As Lee Han was speaking, a group of people appeared in the distance at the end of the road, riding horses urgently amidst a cloud of dust.

“Are you from Einroguard?!”

“We are.”

“We’ve already captured the suspicious guys! Please have mercy and don’t repeat what happened in Bepaim City…!”

“……”

Giselle was shocked.

‘What on earth did they do in Bepaim City?’

What had they done to make Bepaim City a symbol of fear for suspicious criminals?