Surviving As A Mage In A Magic Academy [EN]: Chapter 1165

I wanted to ask Saratan what had happened, but I had to deal with the immediate problem first.

Lee Han used magic to lift himself up and sent lightning towards the restraints coming towards him.

The lightning stopped them for a moment, but it wasn’t very effective. The restraints quickly became solid again and flew at him again.

Lee Han had expected this. He moved quickly using powerful magic.

“Saratan! Send the stone tablet over here!”

Lee Han put magic into his staff and threw it hard. Saratan seemed to understand instantly and used all his power.

‘If I can just get that stone tablet, the test will surely be over!’

Saratan frantically conjured vines from the air to give the stone tablet to his grumpy and nasty master.

It seemed if Lee Han could survive a little longer, he would get the stone tablet.

Suddenly, a heart-stopping magical wave shook the air.

Commencing the next spell.

“!!”

-No!

Saratan screamed.

Wodanaaz had already thrown his staff, and now he was casting another spell! The worst thing was, he hadn’t told him about this before.

Just imagining how much he would rant later made him shudder.

‘He always cast another spell when the restraints appeared. Bakhantallana! Why is he doing something new now?’

Space twisted and magic swept around. Saratan squeezed his eyes shut. He felt very hopeless.

“Send the stone tablet.”

-?!

Saratan was startled by the wizard’s calm voice.

Surprisingly, Lee Han was standing there unharmed. After catching the stone tablet Saratan threw, Lee Han picked up his staff again.

-What? What happened? Wasn’t the spell cast?

“It was cast, but luckily, he cast a spell that doesn’t hurt me. Something like doesn’t work on me.”

-……

Saratan thought to himself.

‘Could I have passed even if I had stayed still without making such a fuss?’

“Saratan.”

-What is it?

“When you were talking earlier, I’m pretty sure there wasn’t a pattern like this.”

-……

Everyone else, except Catton, had to struggle to survive.

‘How can he cut through that magic?’ If they weren’t so busy trying to survive, the adventurers would have asked.

However they looked at it, cutting through the magic of the ruins with a single sword made no sense.

Of course, even the Einrogard wizards couldn’t explain it. There were still many areas of magic that even wizards didn’t know about.

As the restraints kept spreading, there was less and less space to escape. The Einrogard students, who were trying to find a way out, were soon cornered.

“Open a new path!” It was Garco who helped the students. He opened up the blocked walls of the ruins and made a new path. The students and adventurers hurried inside. Garco transformed again and chased after them.

“Ah, we left Catton behind!”

“Is now the time to worry about your older student! Worry about yourself!”

“What are we even using to detect this magic?”

At someone’s shout, Giselle thought hard.

Magic was chasing them, and it was a desperate situation, but it was important to stay calm and make good decisions.

‘It’s not the five senses.’ Earlier, some White Tiger Tower students tried to trick the magic by changing their shape like Garco can, but it didn’t work.

Garco also transformed into a new form, but the magic kept chasing him, didn’t it?

‘Could it be heat?’ There were several spells that worked by detecting heat.

“Ack!”

Anglago, who was running along the wall next to her, accidentally fell. Giselle quickly cast a frost cloak on her friend.

Whoosh!

“Aargh! Moradi! Why did you put a cold cloak on me!”

“…Sorry!”

It seemed that it wasn’t heat after all.

Garco, who had transformed into a new form, spun around and said to Giselle. “You’re trying to guess how we’re chasing you. Good guess.”

Anglago, who was being dragged away, wouldn’t agree, but the two wizards quickly talked.

“It doesn’t seem to be the five senses, and it’s not heat either.”

“It doesn’t seem like the doppelganger is sending information with its eyes. It’s still chasing us even after coming this far.”

“I think it might be detecting and chasing our souls.”

“Souls! Good idea. Indeed, the Einrogard wizards… that could be why the test took so long to start.”

“Please, anything, anything is fine, please, start thinking of a way to stop it!” The adventurers, who were running behind them, shouted, panting.

It was good for the wizards to talk, but it seemed like they were forgetting the danger. Are all very powerful wizards like this?

‘Oops.’ Giselle felt a little embarrassed. She was being so focused on ideas and forgetting the danger, when Wodanaaz should have been the one doing that.

“If we’re talking about ways to block soul detection…”

“The adventurers have a potion that explodes the soul. It’s simple, but it might trick it.”

“Isn’t there a spell among the transformation spells that can change how our souls look for a short time?”

“That’s possible, but we don’t know if that will stop it from tracking us.”

‘I’m really never taking a wizard request again!’ Just as the adventurers were thinking this, the magic chasing them suddenly disappeared.

The White Tiger Tower students, who had been captured on the other side, also got up from their seats, confused.

Garco shouted with joy.

“It’s clear that we’ve passed the test!”

“I, indeed. That’s right!”

“The magic inside must be transformation magic!”

“That’s… um…”

The students exchanged glances.

To be honest, it didn’t seem like the magic left by Bakhantallana was transformation magic. Why would he leave transformation magic when he was famous as an enchantment wizard?

“It’s black magic.”

“……”

“……”

Everyone, even Garco, was too shocked to speak.

“Y-you’re joking, right? Wodanaaz?”

“Don’t tell me Wodanaaz is from the black magic school…!”

“Be quiet, you idiot.”

Lee Han told his friend to be quiet.

Garco was already very shocked, and he didn’t want to cause more confusion.

“I also belong to the transformation magic school. Mr. Garco.”

“Ah… yes. I know. You belong to the enchantment magic school, the summoning magic school, the divination magic school, and so on.”

‘Mr. Alsicle…!’ Lee Han thought of Alsicle’s name. He would have definitely bragged about it. Lee Han said as if making an excuse. “I don’t know the enchantment magic school professor very well. Haha.”

“I, I see. But… black magic?”

“Yes.”

The name of the magic on the stone tablet was . It was definitely a new magic. We can only know for sure what kind of magic it is by studying the words and symbols on the stone tablet, but it was definitely black magic. Just the name sounded like black magic…

‘I give this black magic to whoever finds this stone tablet. This black magic is something I finished researching late in my life. I have studied many kinds of magic, but this black magic is the one that seems most amazing to me the more I study it.’ These notes were written on the stone tablet.

Saratan subtly interjected.

-The magic Bakhantallana completed in his later years is why I missed the pattern! No wonder…

“Be quiet.”

“To think that the magic Bakhantallana left behind was black magic… I thought it would be transformation magic.”

Garco was really down. It was hard to believe he was the same wizard who had bravely explored the unknown ruins.

The adventurers, unable to watch any longer, comforted Garco.

“Wizard. Of course, you may be disappointed that the opportunity written in the book has been lost, but this isn’t the only opportunity, is it?”

“That’s right! You’ll surely be able to find what you want in other ruins!”

“…That’s right.”

Garco perked up.

A wizard shouldn’t easily give up just because they fail a few times.

“I look forward to working with you in the next ruins.”

“……”

“…Uh, that’s a bit…”

The adventurers immediately didn’t look happy.

Once this request was over and they went outside, they were planning to go to the warmest place in the southern part of the Empire and rest for half a year. Especially in a place without wizards!

Lee Han felt a little sorry and tried to make Garco feel better. “It’s a shame we didn’t find proof that Bakhantallana was a transformation wizard, but it’s not all bad. If he was a wizard who studied many kinds of magic, even black magic, he must have studied transformation magic a lot.”

“?”

Giselle, who was next to him, tilted her head slightly. Wizard who studied many kinds of magic, even black magic. What does that mean?

‘Is that an insult?’ Luckily, there were no students from the black magic school nearby.

“Thank you for your nice words. The wizards of Einrogard are good wizards and good people.”

“What’s the big deal… Do you want to know our family name?”

The White Tiger Tower students were shy, but seemed to like it.

Lee Han stepped on his friends’ feet and asked again. “If you want to understand this stone tablet, would you like to…”

“Ah. No. I’m only interested if it’s transformation magic. And there’s a meeting of wizards in the north, so I have to go there after this.”

“Is it a meeting of transformation wizards?”

“There are transformation wizards, and, ah! There are also black magic wizards. They’ll be very happy to hear this news.”

Lee Han nodded without much thought. He wasn’t very surprised that there was a wizard meeting in the north. There were many wizards in the Empire, and they had meetings all the time. Lee Han didn’t need to be surprised or interested just because some black magic wizards were having a meeting nearby. Besides, he was working for the Moradi family this time… ‘If it’s a meeting with transformation wizards in the north, is it just a small group meeting to be friends?’

Jidurf, the head of the Moradi family and the main leader of the northern knights, looked at the black magic wizards with a serious expression.

The black magic wizards were from very important groups. Kalarogard, a magic school said to have the darkest black magic in the Empire. The descendants of Ahrak, who are continuing the tradition of the magic tower started by the great black magic wizard Ahrak long ago. People usually think black magic wizards are strange and weird, but the Obsidian Magic Tower is a well-run and important black magic wizard group in the Empire. Even the Oondorgu Legion, made up of undead, the strangest group here.

“I have heard your good ideas. But…”

“It’s not a but, family head! We must close off the north right now and search everywhere to find out why these strange things are happening!”

“W-we don’t think we need to go that far, but we think we should search more.”

The black magic wizards came because of the strange things happening in the north. They believed that every problem in the Empire was caused by magic, and they thought this problem was caused by black magic. They were ready to do anything to find out what it was.

Of course, that’s what the black magic wizards thought, but Jidurf, who spoke for the knights, thought it was too extreme.

“I will think about it some more.”

“Family head! If you listen to me a bit longer, you will change your mind!”

“I don’t think so. Ah. Guests from Einrogard have arrived. I have to welcome them myself, so excuse me.”

The black magic wizards were annoyed that the family head was avoiding them. Why is it so hard to close off the north!