Surviving As A Mage In A Magic Academy [EN]: Chapter 160

“How could I refuse such a delightful opportunity?”

He knew I wouldn’t refuse.

The Headmaster and Lee Han spoke. Their words sounded polite, but they both had secret plans.

The Headmaster finished speaking. He looked at all the students. Each student held their outing pass tightly.

Revenge on Ogonin, who had ruined the festival, could wait. Right now, he had to take care of the students in front of him.

Are all the students gathered here?

“Yes!”

“You found treasures during the festival through luck and skill, so in my name, Gonadaltez, I bless you.”

“Thank you…?”

“Why is he suddenly like this?”

“Did the festival put him in a good mood?”

The students whispered, puzzled, but Lee Han knew better.

Pure terror!

“To you strong students going on this outing, I give you freedom and fun from Saturday morning until Sunday morning. Be sure to meet at the school gate before the sun comes up.”

“Understood!”

‘It begins.’

“Wait a moment.”

“What is it?”

As the skeletal Headmaster vanished, the students, about to disperse, paused at Lee Han’s call.

And then, they grew wary.

“Everyone, be careful!”

“Wodanaz, remember what Tutankha said? Don’t ever fall for it.”

“Don’t take out your outing passes! Hide them!”

“……”

Lee Han wasn’t hurt by his friends’ chilly reaction.

People who tell the truth are never believed, it seems.

“Friends, listen to me.”

“We’re listening, Wodanaz. Speak.”

The students from the other towers moved back to make space and waited for Lee Han to talk.

Lee Han calmly began his explanation.

“So…”

5 minutes later.

The students stared at Lee Han with strange expressions.

They wore expressions that said, ‘Even so, that’s a bit much.’

“It’s true.”

“…Even so, that’s a bit much…”

“It doesn’t make sense.”

“Would he really go that far… well, he is the type.”

“That’s true, but still.”

‘No, they’re listening better than I thought.’

Lee Han was surprised that his friends’ reactions were more positive than he had anticipated.

Thanks to the things Lee Han had done until now…

…more than anything, it was because of the skeletal Headmaster’s infamous reputation.

“But how did you find this out?”

“That’s…”

“He’s Wodanaz. Of course, he could find out.”

“I see.”

“What could he naturally find out?” Lee Han wondered.

“Wodanaz, so what’s the reason you’re telling us this story?”

“Isn’t it to get our outing passes in exchange?”

“No. Now that it’s come to this, we all need to cooperate to overcome the crisis together.”

“……”

The White Tiger Tower students and the Black Tortoise Tower students fell into deep thought.

“Ah… should we accept this?”

“Moradi, what do you think?”

“No matter how I think about it, isn’t it dangerous?”

“But if the Headmaster really set up a trap…”

Seeing the students seriously worrying among themselves, Lee Han looked at his friends from the Blue Dragon Tower and asked.

“…Am I that untrustworthy?”

“Of course not. Wodanaz. Those guys are just stupid, have no eye for things, and are full of suspicion.”

“Wodanaz is trying to save them, and they’re acting like that! Of course, Wodanaz did raid the lounge and beat up some White Tiger Tower guys! But that was a kind of lesson, wasn’t it?”

“You could call it a lesson.”

‘I shouldn’t have asked.’

The White Tiger Tower students and the Black Tortoise Tower students, who had been debating for a long time about whether they were more afraid of Lee Han or the skeletal Headmaster, came to a conclusion.

“Alright, Wodanaz. We’ll join you.”

“We’ll move together too. But we’ll move separately once we leave the main gate.”

“Yeah. I don’t plan on hanging out with you guys outside either.”

“And we’ll never accept being used as arrow fodder.”

“Alright.”

“Don’t send us first when there’s a trap, don’t use us as magic test subjects, don’t…”

“…Alright. I get it.”

Lee Han resolved to clear up some of the misunderstandings the White Tiger Tower students had during this outing.

The strict school rules had caused misunderstandings, and they were not going away.

‘The school is building up misunderstandings between each other.’

Lee Han, Gainando, Yoner, Asan.

The students going out from the Blue Dragon Tower were as follows.

“What are you going to do when we get out, Gainando?”

“First, I’m going to buy a new card set…”

“…Not cards!”

“Stop playing cards already!”

His friends shouted at Gainando as if they were fed up with him.

Gainando was known as the best card player in the Blue Dragon Tower. Not because he was good, but because he would keep playing until he won.

“But a new card set must have come out this month…”

“Buy me some books.”

“I want snacks.”

“Is alcohol possible?”

“You’ll get caught with alcohol at the main gate.”

Lee Han felt sorry as he watched his friends having a friendly conversation.

Such a naive mindset.

With that kind of attitude, they would be greatly hurt on their outing.

“I’m going to go to a cafe first…”

“You’re wrong, Gainando.”

“Huh?”

“Don’t be so sure you’ll be able to go out until you pass through the main gate.”

“Uh… uh?”

“Prepare yourself. Think of it as taking the midterm exam early. Don’t play around and go to bed early. We’re going to gather with the other tower guys before sunrise and go to the main gate.”

Lee Han gave serious advice and moved his feet.

He was planning to go to bed early today.

Because a fierce battle would take place from dawn tomorrow.

As Lee Han went up to his private room, Gainando tilted his head as if he didn’t understand.

“Why is Lee Han like that?”

“Wodanaz isn’t one to say things without reason, shouldn’t you go to bed early?”

“No. It’s okay. It’s okay. Want to play a round of cards?”

“Please, let’s do something else…”

“Aargh! Aaaargh!”

Gainando screamed and lowered his head. Lee Han grabbed the back of Gainando’s neck and pulled him back.

“Stand back! Shield, unfold!”

Lee Han summoned a huge water shield.

Thick green liquid flew from far away and hit the water shield with a splat!

“What is that?!”

“Sleep Snatcher! Don’t touch the liquid! It will make you fall asleep!”

In fact, the students from the other towers had some doubts in their hearts when Lee Han warned them seriously.

-Would the Headmaster really do that?

-He’s the Headmaster, but really?

-Isn’t Wodanaz trying to trick us?

However, those doubts disappeared as soon as they set off for the main gate at dawn.

Strange-looking plant monsters suddenly appeared and started shooting green liquid.

“Those who can make shields, make shields! Yoner! What you prepared!”

“Here!”

Yoner took out potion bottles and passed them to his friends.

“Throw them!”

The White Tiger Tower students lowered their stances and threw the bottles as they were told. Flames blazed up with the sound of glass breaking.

Whoosh!

“Wodanaz…!”

The White Tiger Tower students were really surprised when the Sleep Snatcher, hit by the flame potion, stopped attacking and floundered.

It was surprising that he had predicted that there would be a trap, but to accurately predict what kind of trap it would be.

One of the Black Tortoise Tower students asked as if he couldn’t believe it.

“Wodanaz. How did you know that monster would come out?”

“Because I’ve dealt with it myself.”

“……”

“……”

The students were shocked.

What?!

‘Did the Wodanaz family order him to do it?’

‘That’s too much…!’

Of course, the Wodanaz family didn’t order him to do that.

The reason Lee Han knew so well about the monsters ambushing them now was because he had been running around catching monsters that had escaped with the warehouse keeper.

As much as he had to deal with them again, Lee Han had thoroughly checked the monsters.

And how to deal with them.

He had spent the whole day on Friday preparing to deal with the monsters.

“The monster is down!”

“Wait! Don’t approach rashly.”

“Go and make sure it’s dead…”

One of the impatient White Tiger Tower students tried to run out.

Lee Han struck him on the back with his staff.

Thwack!

“I told you to wait!”

“S, sorry.”

After waiting a bit, sure enough, the Sleep Snatcher suddenly jumped up. It looked like it was pretending to be dead.

“Throw it again!”

Once again, the round flask bottle cut through the air.

The Sleep Snatcher was a problem. It shot sleeping liquid from far away and swallowed you if it got close.

But if you knew that, it wasn’t difficult to deal with.

Because you just had to defend firmly and aim for its weak spot from behind.

Thud-

“I, it’s down.”

“Alright. Let’s move.”

Lee Han urged the students without letting his guard down.

The students, who had been wary until just now, thinking, ‘Wodanaz might be after us’ and ‘Wodanaz might take our outing passes,’ completely changed their attitude.

First, let’s overcome the skeletal Headmaster’s trap!

“Moradi. Maybe Wodanaz really was trying to help us this time…”

“How foolish.”

Before Giselle could answer the White Tiger Tower student, a Black Tortoise Tower student cut in.

It was one of Salco’s gang.

“Wodanaz is trying to tame you in that way. You’re already being played in the palm of his hand.”

“Wh… what?”

“Soon, at some point, you’ll find yourself following Wodanaz’s orders. For you guys who don’t have a leader like Tutankha…”

“Hey. Get lost.”

“Those guys are making me feel bad with their words.”

The White Tiger Tower students pushed away the Black Tortoise Tower students with annoyance.

The White Tiger Tower wasn’t just on bad terms with the Blue Dragon Tower. They disliked the Black Tortoise Tower just as much.

“Moradi. Don’t mind what those guys say.”

“I’m not minding? More than that, Angalo Alpha.”

“Huh?”

Angalo flinched at Giselle’s call.

“Did you have an outing pass? I don’t remember hearing about it?”

“Ah… that’s.”

The goat beastkin student hesitated and opened his mouth.

“It’s actually fake.”

“…What?”

“It’s fake.”

Angalo revealed the story behind this fake outing pass.

Wodanaz had made it for him last time, and he had accidentally met him yesterday and heard the story.

-That outing pass. It would be good to use it when a lot of students are going out together, right? That way, the chances of getting caught will be reduced.

-In… indeed! Wodanaz. I have no choice but to acknowledge your cleverness.

-Yeah. I’m saying all this for your sake.

“……”

Giselle stared at Angalo with contempt, as if looking at the dumbest person in the world.

To come out with a fake outing pass given by Wodanaz, having nothing to believe in?

“You know it’s dangerous, right?”

“I know, Moradi. But if I miss this opportunity, I might not be able to go out until the end of the semester…!”

Giselle clicked her tongue inwardly.

It didn’t seem like he would listen even if she tried to stop him. Giselle nodded.

“Do as you please.”

“Y, yes! Thank you!”

Lee Han called Angalo while they were talking.

“Angalo. Come here. I’ll cast an enhancement spell on you.”

“Doesn’t it seem like Wodanaz is strangely kind to Angalo?”

“Yeah. Is it because they fought together on the island last time?”

“……”

Lee Han summoned fire and light in all directions to create a path.

Then, he had Sharkan make the hidden shadow monster pop out.

The shadow monster ran wildly along the path made of fire and light. Then, Lee Han immediately blocked the entrance to the path.

-!

“I caught it. Let’s go.”

It ended in an instant without a fight or commotion.

Gainando said out loud what the other friends were only thinking inside.

“But it seems like Lee Han could have come alone…”

“Shhh. Be quiet.”