Surviving As A Mage In A Magic Academy [EN]: Chapter 734

Magic rushed into him very quickly, not slowly like it usually did from the air around him.

Dirette, who had been about to curse, had to admit that his junior’s judgment had been right.

If Dirette had gone ahead with his first plan, he wouldn’t have had enough magic power in time.

The black orb was a special, dark object. Dirette made it by putting a piece of his own soul inside.

This black magic was very powerful. It was like something evil wizards called ‘liches’ try to do. Liches try to live forever by hiding their souls in objects.

Dirette used this powerful object, full of magic and secrets. He linked it to a ‘microcosm’.

He had written the special name, ‘Pentagrammaton’, on it, so he could use it right away if he needed to.

But very strong magic always has a very strong cost.

Dirette thought it was finished, but the black orb became unstable as soon as he took it out. It seemed to fight against the outside world.

Luckily, he had quickly filled it with magic power. If he hadn’t, it might have broken much sooner.

“Junior, stay close. I’m starting it!”

Dirette started to speak a spell. The words changed into a language no one could understand.

It was a spell to bring a world separate from the outside one.

Right away, all the magic power around them was pulled into Dirette’s orb, making the area around them empty of magic for a moment.

A wave of dark energy and shadows rushed out. Because of this, the magic golems and bone walls he had made disappeared. The dark energy sucked away their magic power.

But Dirette didn’t care. His eyes burned with black flames as he shouted:

“Curse!”

At that moment, the huge, black, gooey monster twitched.

It was strange to see it like this, since it had been attacking so fiercely and hadn’t been hurt by anything until now.

Bang!

A large part of the monster was blown away. Lee Han stared at his raven-kin senior in amazement.

The curse was not simple. It was like many curses all put together and shot out at once. It was so complex, even Lee Han couldn’t understand it.

It was a truly evil and powerful curse.

The badly hurt monster twisted and turned, trying to heal itself. But Dirette didn’t let it. The black orb glowed brightly, and Dirette’s eyes flashed as well.

Whoosh!

The huge monster suddenly burst into flames.

The curse had not just hurt its body. That was only the start.

In a flash, the mountain of a monster, hit by a curse deep inside, twisted and shrank.

It burned and burned until it finally turned into dust in the air, and the monstrous bird carrying them both cawed.

–Whoever that powerful wizard was, they were cruel! To leave magic like this behind!

“What do you mean?”

–That’s not natural! It’s magic someone left behind!

…!

Wizards don’t think things happen by chance easily. Especially Lee Han, who had met many evil wizards.

There was only one reason for this to happen in a place where the Skull Headmaster’s crazy copy and a magical criminal had been.

‘It must be that crazy copy!’

Lee Han was annoyed. The Skull Headmaster’s copy was really causing trouble.

“Senior, it seems to be because of the Headmaster’s copy. Let’s go back and face him right away!”

“Alright…”

Dirette coughed, his face pale. Lee Han exclaimed in surprise:

“What’s wrong?!”

–Dirette! You took out an incomplete microcosm! You idiot, Dirette!

“Shut up…”

Lee Han realized why Dirette was acting like this when he heard the monstrous bird’s cry.

It was clear the black orb was not working right because it wasn’t finished. Dirette was trying to fix it and make it steady again.

“Junior…”

“Yes. What do I need to do?”

“I told him to shut up, not you…”

“……”

Lee Han saw that Dirette wasn’t feeling well and asked the monstrous bird:

“Will it get better if I add magic power like before?”

–You silly wizard! This can’t be fixed with magic power!

‘Oh dear.’

Lee Han clicked his tongue at the monstrous bird’s scolding.

It seemed that, unlike when he was getting ready, he couldn’t fix it with magic power now.

–Even if that silly wizard died many times, he still couldn’t fix it just by adding magic power!

“Aha.”

Lee Han ignored it, grabbed the orb again, and made it steady.

-?!

Dirette had just gotten better. He looked very worried. He said, ‘Thank you, Junior. I should be angry at you for helping with my magic without asking, but…’

“I’m sorry.”

“It’s okay. I can’t be angry after you helped me. Ugh. I look bad as the older student now.”

“What are you talking about? You almost caught it alone.”

–You idiot, Dirette! You idiot, Dirette!

“Shut up for a bit.”

Dirette squeezed the monstrous bird’s beak tightly.

“I thought it was ready to use, but it’s more unstable than I thought. It would have been much more dangerous if you hadn’t helped me, Junior.”

“What exactly was that?”

“Maybe it’s some kind of evil magic creature left behind by a wizard. It was using things in the Dark Forest to attack us…”

“I was asking about the magic you used, Senior.”

“……”

Dirette glared slightly at his junior before answering:

“It’s a special dark object. It’s part of my studies. I’m trying to find a way to become very powerful without becoming an evil wizard like a lich… but making these ‘microcosms’ takes too long.”

Lee Han was impressed after hearing the explanation.

Basically, was he trying to make a new magic source for wizards to use?

Lee Han thought, ‘He’s a fifth-year student, so he’s doing very advanced and strange research. You don’t get to the fifth year for no reason.’

“But Senior, has the problem with it being unstable been fixed?”

Dirette’s face darkened at the question.

The problem had gotten worse because he had taken it out before it was finished.

He had made it steady for a short time by adding too much magic power, but that was only temporary.

There would be many problems until it was finished again.

“It’s been resolved.”

“…Are you sure it’s really been resolved?”

Lee Han looked at his senior’s face and whispered to the monstrous bird. The monstrous bird, which had been let go a little, also whispered:

–It hasn’t been resolved! It’ll take a year to finish it again!

“It seemed to get better when I added magic power earlier, but did that not help at all?”

–It will become unstable again later! Magic power gets used up, you know!

Dirette, with a blank face, raised his wand and hit the monstrous bird. The monstrous bird was sent back right away.

“It talks too much.”

“Senior, it seems like it’ll work if I add magic power regularly. I’ll do it.”

“It’s okay. You don’t have to.”

“Do you have another way?”

“I do.”

“What is it?”

“There’s… Archmage Retivelkeu’s secret trick, and I can use that.”

“…Are you trying to trick me by saying Senior Yookveltiere’s name backward and adding ‘Archmage’ in front of it?”

Dirette made a clicking sound with his tongue, showing he was annoyed.

‘Of course,’ he thought, ‘He’s the best student. It’s hard to trick him.’

“You’re quick to notice.”

“Adding magic power isn’t hard. You just saw me do it. And, you know, I’ll get very sick if I don’t use magic power regularly. It’s like my magic channels will burst!”

“What?!?! Really?!?!?”

“I’m joking, but if it makes you feel better, Senior, let’s pretend it’s true.”

“……”

Dirette glared fiercely at his junior. Lee Han felt sorry and made an excuse:

“I didn’t think you’d believe something like that.”

“How can I not believe it when you say it so seriously!”

Dirette, who had been angry, sighed and said:

“Alright. I’ll be honest. It would help a lot if you did that. But…”

“But?”

“Then you would need to come to my lab often to help. It would be like you are helping me with my studies.”

“Is that a problem?”

“…Have you forgotten that Yookveltiere tried to kidnap you?”

“Ah.”

Lee Han finally realized what his senior was trying to say.

Since several students were trying to take Lee Han and make him join their studies, Lee Han helping Dirette could send a signal.

–No! This junior wanted to join research after all!

–I knew it. There’s no way a guy who takes all the schools wouldn’t be interested in research!

Lee Han smiled at Dirette’s explanation and said:

“Senior, you don’t have to worry about that.”

“Why? I feel like I should be worried.”

“Because we can keep it a secret!”

“……”

Dirette narrowed his eyes and looked at his junior.

For some reason, he could guess why this junior had come to take all the schools.

–Master, that boy Wodanaz is here…

He finally talked to a first-year student! Let him come in!

–Sorry? What are you saying?

I told you to watch when I talked to the first-year student, right?

–Ah, that’s what you meant!

The Skull Headmaster blinked his eyes, annoyed that the Death Knight had clearly forgotten.

To forget my orders!

–I apologize, Master. I didn’t forget. But if I can give my opinion…

Don’t give it.

–Because you gave us many other important things to do, I had to focus less on the less important things.

In fact, few of the Death Knights were watching Lee Han talk to the first-year student.

They might have said, ‘A first-year is coming.’

The Skull Headmaster complained because the Death Knights were not doing what he wanted. He said they were not thankful, they had forgotten how kind he had been, and they were the kind of people who would betray him.

The Death Knight, with knightly patience, listened to all the complaining before he could finally speak.

–That boy Wodanaz wants to see you.

Oh? Tell him to come in.

–What could it be about?

A magic question, probably.

–But it’s not the weekend yet?

In fact, students didn’t usually come to ask about magic, even on weekends.

That’s just how he is.

–I see. I’ll tell him to come in.

The Skull Headmaster looked back at the magazine he was holding, pleased.

And as soon as Lee Han came in, he showed off:

Look at this!

??

…One day, a teacher had so much to teach his student that he said this:

–I need to teach you quickly, so four in the morning and three in the evening…

Ha! I thought it was great, and it got published! It’s all thanks to you!

“……”

Lee Han was speechless but put up with it. The other person was a tyrant with a wand.

So, what magic did you come to ask about? Language? Microcosms? Very advanced magic? Ask someone else about the very advanced magic.

“It’s none of those.”

I hope it’s not about some useless magic.

The Skull Headmaster looked unhappy when Lee Han said it wasn’t about those things.

“Headmaster.”

When you look so serious, it’s usually about something silly…

“Your copy and a magical criminal have entered the Einrogaard area!”

How do you know that?

“!”

Lee Han was shocked when the Skull Headmaster asked back calmly, not surprised.

He quickly shouted to the Death Knights:

“Everyone! The Headmaster has finally gone crazy! Someone tell the Emperor!

Lee Han quickly tried to jump out the window.

The Skull Headmaster shook his head and used magic to twist the room, trying to move Lee Han.

But Lee Han had expected this. As soon as the room twisted, he pushed magic power out of his feet and jumped back.

Hey!

The Skull Headmaster was speechless and turned the window into a wall.

As a teacher, it was good that his student was so smart, but it also made things difficult for him.

It’s fine to jump down, but listen before you jump.

Lee Han paused. The Skull Headmaster said annoyedly:

Don’t pretend to stop and try to break the wall!

‘Tch. I was caught.’