Surviving As A Mage In A Magic Academy [EN]: Chapter 593

A shadow fell over the schoolyard, and the ground shook. Then, a roar echoed through the mountains.

“It’s the end!” someone screamed.

“That monster will crush Einrogaard! And the Headmaster!” cried another voice. Students scrambled back, fear in their eyes.

Lee Han stepped forward, his voice calm above the panic. “Everyone, calm down! It’s just a sheep.”

His friends stared at him, mouths open. They wanted to believe him. They usually did.

But then, with another deafening CRASH, a piece of the mountain peak above them crumbled and fell. Dust and rocks rained down.

“Just a sheep?!” Ratford yelled, his voice high with panic. “Wodanaz, are you mad? How can you say ‘calm down’ now?!”

‘It really is a sheep though…’

Lee Han thought to himself at his friends’ shouts.

The Mountain-Destroying Sheep was huge. It crushed everything when it ran. But it wasn’t really mean, if you knew it.

If it had a bad temper, it would have a scary name, not Mountain-Destroying Sheep.

“Trust me. It’s a gentle creature.”

“Wodanaz… are you doing this because we don’t want to go into the labyrinth?”

“Please forgive us!”

“Forget it, just follow my instructions.”

Lee Han gave up trying to persuade his friends and decided to just take action.

It seemed faster that way.

‘But why did it come out? Ah.’

The Mountain-Destroying Sheep usually preferred the high altitudes of the mountain range, so it didn’t come down often.

If it came down often, it would be called School-Destroying Sheep instead of Mountain-Destroying Sheep.

Why was such a creature rampaging like this?

‘It’s because of the giants…!’

It was clear that one of them had gone wild and escaped because the giants who acted as shepherds weren’t taking care of the sheep.

“Ratford. Take the others and go down immediately if the sheep comes this way. I’ll go and soothe it.”

“No!!!”

Ratford immediately tried to take down Lee Han. Of course, Lee Han, who had been trained in swordsmanship, didn’t move an inch.

“Everyone, stop him! Quickly!”

“No, Wodanaz! We’ll really go into the labyrinth, so stop being angry!”

“We were wrong! We’ll go into the labyrinth twice if we have to!”

His friends grabbed his arms and legs, trying to pull him back, but Lee Han stood firm.

“Guys. So…”

“Even if you’ve defeated a Rock Drake, this is too much!”

“So, that’s…”

“Wodanaz, I know you’re crazy! But a wizard who prospers with a staff dies because of that staff! It’s too dangerous!”

“Is that what you think of me? No, that’s not the point…”

“That monster just blew up another peak! Look!”

“Guys. Just listen for a moment.”

When Lee Han spoke seriously, the friends who were clinging to him turned their attention.

“I have something to confess to you all.”

“??”

“Instead, I hope you won’t be surprised by this or think of me as a crazy person.”

At Lee Han’s words, his friends looked at him as if he was talking nonsense.

“Wodanaz… I wouldn’t be surprised even if you had mastered all the Empire’s forbidden magic.”

“Why are you bringing that up now?”

“Wodanaz, you’re already… amazing… I can’t be surprised anymore.”

Lee Han’s wounds deepened a little more at his friends’ reactions.

“Okay… thank you. Your reactions makes me feel better. That sheep is actually a sheep I was taking care of.”

“……”

The friends were silent.

And then they all said at the same time.

“Wodanaz, you’re really crazy.”

Cltran and Gatono of the White Tiger Tower screamed and ran.

A monster summoned by demons to destroy the continent was chasing them from behind.

“Aaaargh!” Cltran screamed, his voice cracking with terror. “It’s going to eat us!”

“Why is it doing that? What did we touch wrong?”

Gatono yelled, stumbling, “Faster! Run faster!”

“Throw what you’re holding! Throw it to the side!”

Cltran threw the fruit he had diligently collected today to the side.

It wasn’t for the illusion magic test, but fruit he had packed as a snack.

However, the monster didn’t stop chasing them, as if it wasn’t angry about the fruit.

“What’s next?”

“A trap, a rabbit caught in a trap…”

“Throw it!”

“But it’s a rabbit! Not even a bird! This precious thing…”

“Just throw it!”

Tap tap tap!

In the meantime, Lee Han ran from the front.

He had cast several enhancement spells, and his moving speed itself was extraordinary.

“Wodanaz!!”

“Stop!”

Lee Han shouted at the monster, reaching out from afar.

The White Tiger Tower students, who were calling Wodanaz with tears in their eyes, were flustered.

“?!!”

“????”

What on earth was he doing?

If it were another friend, they would have thought he was terrified and made a mistake, but Wodanaz was a heartless and tearless candidate for a great wizard who had grown up receiving harsh training from a magical family. He wasn’t the kind of person to make such a mistake.

But how on earth was he going to stop the monster with that…

Screeeeeech!

The monster that was running suddenly stopped. The surrounding trees flew away and the rocks were crushed, but somehow the monster managed to stop moving.

“Good. Well done.”

Cltran gasped. “How did you stop it like that?”

“No, you crazy bastard.”

“If not a word of power, then what…”

Lee Han ignored Cltran’s words and approached the Mountain-Destroying Sheep.

Ah, its wool is too long. That must be why it’s upset.

The other sheep had their wool trimmed well, but one of them seemed to have been missed by mistake, and its wool had grown so much that it looked twice as big.

The Mountain-Destroying Sheep was growling and hitting the floor with its hooves, as if it was very frustrated by that.

“Okay. I’ll cut it soon.”

“Your neck?”

At Cltran’s words, the Mountain-Destroying Sheep spat. Cltran tumbled over.

“Hey. Don’t say such gruesome things. You’re scaring him.”

“……”

The two White Tiger Tower students couldn’t understand what they were hearing for a moment. Their brains refused to understand.

“N-No. Is that monster scared?”

The Mountain-Destroying Sheep spat again. This time, Gatono tumbled over.

“Why do you keep doing that? You’re going to make him angry.”

Lee Han was serious at the sight of his friends repeatedly saying rude things.

Saying things like cutting its neck or calling it a monster in front of the Mountain-Destroying Sheep.

How hurt would the sheep be?

“No…”

“Hey…”

“We almost died…”

“Look behind you…”

The two were so upset that they couldn’t speak properly.

If they looked behind them now, half of the mountain was cut off, and if they had been a little late in running, they would have died…

Why do you only take care of the sheep!

“Wodanaz, is that sheep more important than us???”

Lee Han was shocked by the absurdly childish question and stared at him.

The Mountain-Destroying Sheep seemed to think similarly, and cast a look of contempt.

Gatono had a little bit of shame left as a human, so he stopped his friend.

“Hey. Stop it. Wodanaz isn’t your nanny, don’t ask such embarrassing questions.”

“What do you mean stop! I can ask! Wodanaz! Is that sheep more imp…”

Ptooey! Ptooey! Ptooey! Ptooey! Ptooey! Ptooey!

“Ack! Aaaack! Aaaaack!”

The Mountain-Destroying Sheep was so angry at Cltran that it spat at him until he couldn’t get up anymore.

Lee Han, who had cut off all the wool, took the sheep to the cave and returned.

Well, that was easier than making the labyrinth.

The students who had been anxiously waiting below the mountain were finally able to breathe a sigh of relief.

“What on earth was that monster, Wodanaz?”

“A sheep that lives in those highlands. It’s just big, but it’s not that fierce if you know it.”

“Why on earth do you raise such a sheep?”

“Quite a few of the clothes I sold to you were made from that sheep’s wool.”

“……”

No wonder it was so strong and warm for sheep’s wool!

The students who realized the secret of the clothes looked at the high mountain peaks with shaking eyes.

They knew that they had to fight fiercely to make a living in Einrogaard…

…Maybe they didn’t really know.

Maybe they had to get close to sheep like that…

“Wodanaz. Thank you.”

“That’s right. We should have thanked you first.”

“And sorry for not wanting to go into your labyrinth.”

Lee Han firmly resolved as his friends expressed their gratitude with remorseful expressions. ‘I must never tell them that I brought the giants down.’

“Haha. I don’t mind at all.”

‘For someone who doesn’t mind, he made the labyrinth too brutal…’

“I’ll go in twice.”

Cltran, impressed by Gatono’s words, nodded.

“Me too. I shouldn’t have said I wouldn’t go in.”

“Hey. You only have to go in once. Don’t overdo it.”

“No! Now that I think about it, the test is to pass through someone else’s labyrinth, and the problem was that I was trying to reduce the number of times. My magic skills won’t improve if I run away like this.”

“Hey, what’s with the sane words all of a sudden?”

‘It’s okay.’

“Hey…”

“Ah. I’m sorry.”

Lee Han apologized to his friends.

He had accidentally revealed his true feelings first.

“Wodanaz. I’ll go in three times.”

“Me too, as a sign of repentance…”

The students of the illusion magic school gathered below the mountain apologized to Lee Han with sincere attitudes.

Considering what they had received, they shouldn’t have backed out just because the labyrinth was a bit scary.

Lee Han accepted the apology with a dignified attitude.

“Thank you, everyone.”

“Well. Wodanaz. No matter how I think about it, the labyrinth you made this time was a bit too much.”

Professor Kirmin spoke cautiously as he watched the students foaming at the mouth and collapsing after entering Lee Han’s shed.

Come to think of it, Wodanaz’s labyrinth should have been entered last.

All the students taking the lecture had collapsed from the beginning, so Professor Kirmin had to take care of the remaining evaluations himself.

“I don’t want to hurt you, but even if I think about it again, it was a bit too much.”

Professor Kirmin didn’t want to hurt him either.

But if he didn’t say this, Wodanaz might fail to control his strength again.

Words that someone had to say!

“I’m sorry. Professor Ku.”

Lee Han covered his face with his hands and spoke in a frustrated voice.

“It’s okay. You can make mistakes.”

“But if you’re unlucky, it’s not that bad, is it? If you were lucky, everyone could have passed…”

“Okay. Wodanaz. Let’s start from the beginning again.”

Professor Kirmin explained to Lee Han with strong patience.

What can happen if you make a simple labyrinth too harsh?

“Doesn’t Lee Han look listless?”

“Isn’t it strange to have energy after taking so many tests?”

“Not that, but for a different reason…”

“Ah. It’s because he wiped out the friends who were taking illusion magic.”

“What? It’s the fault of the guys who took it.”

At Gainando’s words, the students of the illusion magic school flared up.

“Have you ever been in there?!”

“The guys who fainted after entering the labyrinth are idiots! Am I wrong?!”

“Gainando is right.”

“Definitely…”

The students who didn’t take illusion magic didn’t properly understand what happened today.

The illusion magic school students, frustrated, began to explain, waving their hands and feet.

“So, the moment you open the door and enter, you lose your sense of direction and the Headmaster appears in front of you…”

“You fainted for half a day with that?”

“That’s not the end! Ah, really, go in! Come with me! I’ll show you around, test or not!”

“The test is over and the shed has been dismantled?”

“Wodanaz! Let’s make it again just once! Just once!!”

“No. Now that I think about it, it was too extreme a labyrinth.”

Lee Han spoke with a repentant attitude.

The conversation with Professor Kirmin had given him many realizations.

‘I didn’t have to place a skeleton illusion that looked like the Headmaster.’

This was too harsh a trap when I think about it now.