Surviving As A Mage In A Magic Academy [EN]: Chapter 126

It didn’t matter if undead summons had rebellious phases. Sarkhan was rebelling right now.

“Sarkhan, come here,” Lee Han said.

Lee Han’s voice got deeper, but it only made the skeleton mouse tremble more. Was this undead summon about to be smashed to bits for being so stubborn in front of the headmaster?

Instead of punishing Sarkhan, Lee Han tried to coax him gently.

“Sarkhan! Why are you doing this?”

Tap, tap, tap!

Sarkhan pretended not to hear and started digging in the ground.

Lee Han was confused. His summon, who was always obedient, was acting like this…

Professor Mortem had mentioned it before. Undead summons didn’t always obey their master’s commands. In fact, they often didn’t listen at all. It was due to the conflicting nature of the living and the dead, and the stronger an undead summon became, the less it listened.

As a strong summon, it wasn’t surprising that Sarkhan was acting this way.

Tap, tap…

Nilia pointed to Lee Han’s coat pocket and mimed throwing something at Sarkhan with her claws.

“Are you saying I should tempt him with food?” Lee Han asked.

Nilia nodded.

“Guinando?”

Nilia shook her head, looking dismayed. Guinando, who was peeking out of the coat pocket, stared at Nilia with a shocked and betrayed expression, squeaking indignantly.

“Not that! Beer candy!” Guinando squeaked.

“Ah, you mean the beer candy,” Lee Han said, finally understanding what Nilia meant. Because Guinando was in the pocket, the beer candy had been moved to another pocket.

When Lee Han finally took out the beer candy, Sarkhan suddenly perked up his ears.

“…Here! Fetch!” Lee Han instinctively threw the beer candy in the opposite direction. Sarkhan, who had been lying down, excitedly jumped into the air and swallowed it.

“Are you feeling better now?” Lee Han asked.

But Sarkhan only ate the beer candy and lay back down.

The watching mouse grew anxious and ran to Sarkhan, squeaking.

“Squeak squeak!!” Guinando pleaded, ‘You could really die if you keep this up,’ but Sarkhan turned his head with a sulky expression.

Lee Han and Nilia were deep in thought.

“He clearly… seems to want something,” Lee Han said.

Nilia nodded, mewling softly. Even if it was a rebellious phase, there must be a reason why a summon who used to follow Lee Han was acting like this. It was clear that the summon himself wanted something.

“He really wants to eat Guinando… Just kidding, Guinando,” Lee Han joked.

Guinando let out a sorrowful squeak and tried to hide inside the coat.

“If you had done your homework when I told you to, this wouldn’t have happened,” Lee Han said.

‘I don’t think it has anything to do with that…’ Yoner thought. He was impressed by Lee Han, who was using this opportunity in the Polymorph Forest to correct his bad habits. He’d make a great dormitory supervisor!

“Sarkhan. Sarkhan? You have to tell me what you want so I can help you. If there’s something you want, try to express it somehow,” Lee Han said.

Sarkhan remained still, pretending not to hear, then subtly turned his body and pointed to himself. Although complete, he was quite unsightly and eerie, as he was just bones.

“…Oh? Does he need a body too?” Lee Han wondered.

Sarkhan wagged his tailbone excitedly, as if that was right. It was a relief that the summon was feeling better, but Lee Han was even more confused. ‘What should I make his body out of?’

Yoner, who was knowledgeable in alchemy, pointed to the mud next to the forest. It was soft and sticky, making it suitable for golems or other summons.

“How about that?” Yoner suggested.

Sarkhan approached the mud and rolled around in it. Then, a body made of mud began to form over his bones.

“Oh…!” Lee Han and his friends were amazed by the sight. The colors weren’t great, but the finished product was much more majestic than when it was just bones roaming around.

Whirr!

But Sarkhan didn’t seem to like it. After looking around his body for a bit, he immediately began to shake off the mud. Lee Han quickly summoned a water shield to block it. A speck of mud flew through the gap and splattered on Guinando’s face.

“Squeak squeak!” Guinando cried.

“I guess he didn’t like the mud,” Lee Han said. The red fox looked dejected. Lee Han soothed him as if to say it was okay.

“It’s a relief that we found a way, though. We didn’t really lose anything,” Lee Han said.

Guinando brushed the mud off his paws and gave a very dissatisfied look. We did lose something!

The mouse, who was getting impatient because the headmaster and his party weren’t leaving the forest, joined the conversation.

“Squeak squeak squeak-” Guinando said.

“You want us to follow you?” Lee Han asked.

The mouse nodded and led Lee Han and his friends to the spring they had passed earlier. It was the water of the spring where the Cold Iron Water was collected. It was also the water that created the spring slime.

As it was the water of a spring mixed with special magic, there was a high possibility that even the picky undead summon would be satisfied. Lee Han also realized that the water of the spring was special and gave it a slightly expectant look. ‘This might work,’ he thought.

Splash!

Sarkhan jumped into the spring and walked out, creating his body with the water. The darker and bluer flesh made Sarkhan look more mysterious than ordinary water.

Lee Han and his friends were even more impressed than before. This should definitely be…

Whack!

But Sarkhan coldly shook off all the water. As a result, Guinando was hit in the face with water droplets again.

“Squeak squeak squeak!” Guinando cried.

‘Hmm. I think he’s telling me to throw it away,’ Lee Han thought. He didn’t know how to speak mouse, but he could understand what Guinando was saying.

“Sarkhan. I’m sorry, but I have no other way to make your body,” Lee Han said. He decided to use the last resort.

Sarkhan, you’re going to stay in that pond!

It wasn’t a bluff or a threat. What else could he do if he really didn’t listen? Lee Han slowly turned around. Then Sarkhan made a groaning sound and scratched the floor pitifully. Then he tried to bite Lee Han’s staff.

“No, Sarkhan,” Lee Han said.

But Sarkhan didn’t give up and kept pointing at Lee Han’s staff, as if he wanted something.

“…You want me to make it for you?” Lee Han asked.

Sarkhan wagged his tailbone excitedly. He found out what he wanted, but Lee Han was still bewildered. ‘I don’t have the ability to do that,’ he thought.

He didn’t have many elemental magic spells available right now, and none of them could satisfy a picky summon like Sarkhan. If there was an element that had a possibility…?

“I see. Let’s try it once,” Lee Han said.

Sarkhan sat down and stared at Lee Han with an expectant look as he held up his staff.

“Come crashing down, the lightning of Perkuntra!” Lee Han shouted.

As the lightning fiercely burned through the air, Sarkhan was terrified and dodged it. Then he pounded the floor madly with a very angry expression.

“…Wasn’t this it?” Lee Han asked, embarrassed by the reaction. He naturally thought that Sarkhan would want to have a body made of lightning. Isn’t lightning cool?

Sarkhan huffed and pointed to the water in the spring. ‘He wanted me to make water,’ Lee Han realized.

Lee Han was a little worried as he prepared the Water Creation spell. He hated that special spring water, so would he be satisfied with the water that Lee Han summoned? But unlike his worries, Sarkhan was excited and hugged the mass of water as it appeared in the air.

The water changed shape and turned into Sarkhan’s body.

“Is it okay?” Lee Han asked.

Sarkhan, who had turned into a water color, made a growling sound and pointed to the staff.

“You want me to do more?” Lee Han asked.

Sarkhan nodded repeatedly. Lee Han summoned more water. The summoned water flowed into Sarkhan’s body, and it didn’t stop there and continued to…

“Squeak squeak?” Guinando squeaked, flustered.

The undead summon, who was compressing a huge amount of water and turning it into his muscles, was also flustered, but the headmaster, who kept summoning water without stopping, was also flustered. How much magic does he have to be able to waste it like that?

“That was a really strange experience,” Lee Han said.

Lee Han and his friends returned to the tower in the middle of the night with exhausted faces. Guinando kept rubbing his face, as if he still had mouse whiskers on it. ‘I couldn’t get to the stables and only completed Sarkhan,’ Lee Han thought.

Lee Han had wandered around the Polymorph Forest so much that he had no choice but to return after breaking through the forest. It wasn’t that there was no progress, but somehow he felt disappointed. ‘But with the test coming up tomorrow, I can’t overdo it…’

Grrrr!

Sarkhan ran at Guinando. Guinando was terrified and dodged as the large, blue summon charged at him.

“Why, why are you doing this?! Is it because I played with your food?! I’ll give it to you! I’ll give it to you!” Guinando cried.

‘Did he tease him in the meantime?’ Lee Han wondered. When Sarkhan knocked Guinando down and climbed on top of him, the other Blue Dragon Tower students in the lounge were amazed.

“Is that the summon made of bones?” one student asked.

“How did he complete it?” another asked.

“It looks much better than before. Do you want to try this too?” a third student asked.

The friends threw food one by one to Sarkhan, who was sitting on Guinando. Sarkhan was excited and wagged his tail as he eagerly accepted the food.

“Let… me go…” Guinando pleaded.

Grrrr!

“Ah, no. You don’t have to let him go,” Lee Han said. Guinando quickly lowered his tail when Sarkhan got angry. But Sarkhan wasn’t angry at Guinando.

Woof! Woof woof!

Lee Han instinctively grabbed his staff when Sarkhan barked while looking outside. It didn’t change anything just because it was inside the lounge. In the magic school, if you were relieved just because you were inside the lounge, other tower students wearing masks could break in and steal the flag.

Clang!

The front door of the lounge opened and skeleton warriors that he had seen somewhere suddenly appeared. The students were shocked by the sudden appearance.

“Is… is the school ruined?!” one student cried.

“There’s no way! Shine!” another shouted.

Lee Han reacted first. As he swung his staff, lightning flew, making the students’ hair stand on end. The skeleton warrior in front was hit and turned to dust.

“Wake up the sleeping kids! The headmaster is trying to attack us!” Lee Han shouted.

“Why… why?!” a student asked.

“I don’t know…” Lee Han paused as he was about to answer. …Could it be that he’s doing this to keep us from studying the night before the pop quiz? Surprisingly, his instincts were whispering that it was true.

“…Anyway, everyone gather! Block the lounge door!” Lee Han commanded.

“O-okay!” the students replied.

Lee Han floated water orbs and fired them in succession to push back the skeleton warriors. Meanwhile, the other friends quickly grabbed sofas and chairs and began to block the front door of the lounge.

Asan checked the window and shouted in surprise, “The undead are holding torches and surrounding the tower!”

‘I’m going crazy,’ Lee Han thought.

Woof! Woof woof!

Lee Han stroked Sarkhan. If it hadn’t been for Sarkhan, he would have been attacked before he could even grab his staff.

“Sarkhan. Stand by and chase away anyone who comes in. Everyone, help build the barricade!” Lee Han ordered.

The princess, who came down with messy hair, swung her staff. Mud was layered on top of the barricade and began to solidify it. Yoner threw the potions he had made to his friends. Guinando quickly cleared the snacks so they wouldn’t fall on the floor.

Thud, thud, thud-

The other friends who had been sleeping also came down, and the barricade in front of the lounge door was completed for the time being, but the sound coming from outside didn’t stop. The students shuddered at the regular knocking sound.

“What… what is this…?” a student asked.

Ironheads… open the door…

The Blue Dragon Tower students were serious about the voices coming from outside and piled up more barricades.