Surviving As A Mage In A Magic Academy [EN]: Chapter 750

But even if he was angry, the magical criminal was not an easy opponent. Lee Han turned his attention away from the strange teacher and focused on the enemy.

‘I can do it.’

Just like how clumsy magic becomes familiar with practice, and is skillfully cast along with the incantation.

He felt his magic change. It spread out like his own arms and legs.

‘Stronger.’

Lee Han made his magic stronger. It lifted Antagondalus easily. Antagondalus had tried to make himself heavy to resist, but it didn’t work. He was annoyed.

‘This time, weaker.’

Hair-like magic stretched out like tentacles, detecting the transparent Antagondalus. The magical criminal, who was trying to hide and escape by changing his size, became even more anxious.

‘In the form of a sharp spear.’

An invisible spear pierced the enemy through the armor.

‘In the form of a whip.’

The enemy was thrown out with the sound of air tearing beyond the wall.

‘This time, as a shield.’

The incoming attacks lost their way in the air and fell.

The constantly trained magic, the near-infinite mana, and the unparalleled sharp senses…

All of these were fused and expressed as an understanding of magic.

“Do you understand *now*, commoner, what the royals wanted you to learn?” The strange teacher spoke, sounding surprisingly wise for a moment.

When Lee Han had made a shield of magic without even saying a spell, the teacher realized something. *This boy has mastered 5th circle magic,* he thought, impressed despite himself.

Being able to handle magic freely like limbs, and even adding shadowless casting and swiftness attributes, this could be considered his own 5th circle magic.

The teacher could see Lee Han moved naturally. It seemed like Lee Han understood magic deeply and made it his own, not just copied it.

It was much better than simply mimicking existing magic like a parrot.

But surprisingly, this dull student argued that he had never learned it.

It was like a bird born with wings claiming it had never flown.

So, instead of telling him to learn another 5th circle magic, the strange teacher told him to think about his own magic.

Indeed, the student did not betray his teacher’s generosity and did it excellently…

‘Should I just kill him?’

Of course, Lee Han had no idea what the strange teacher was thinking.

Lee Han sincerely wanted to charge at the strange teacher with the magic he had learned.

Dirette was the one who helped him learn this 5th circle magic, which, if he had to name it, would be called >Wodanaz’s Telekinesis>.

He could include Professor Voladi or even Headmaster Skull if he was being generous, but he could never include the strange teacher.

Lee Han thought of Professor Verdus. *He* would be a better teacher than this crazy man, he thought.

“I give up, I give up!”

Antagondalus, who had been persistently trying to find Lee Han’s weak points, finally gave up.

At first, he couldn’t believe it, so he didn’t give up and dragged on, but halfway through, he sensed his defeat but still clung on.

He had become curious about when the opponent would get tired of wasting magic like that.

However, if he dragged on any longer, he could incur not only the wrath of the strange teacher but also damage his pride as a magician.

It was time to admit it and step back.

“Young one, I am curious about your name. What is your name?”

Antagondalus asked the opponent’s name for the first time.

This great magician did not usually ask for names directly.

Especially not to a low-grade student of Einroguard who was still a sprout of a magician.

He might have his subordinates seduce or coax them, but even a magical criminal had the pride of a magician.

But the magic he had just shown was worthy of Antagondalus asking for his name directly.

“I am Lee Han of the Wodanaz family.”

“…Wodanaz!!!”

Only then was Antagondalus truly surprised.

“Could it be that Wodanaz…”

“Hold out your arms.”

The strange teacher said in an emotionless voice. Antagondalus held out both arms in a respectful manner.

If he stubbornly resisted in this situation, he might lose his head instead of his arms.

Wouldn’t it be much harder to recover from having his head cut off than his arms?

“Please wait a moment!”

Surprisingly, this fearless boy intervened, stopping him even with the strange teacher in front of him.

The strange teacher’s eyebrows arched up with anger, but fortunately, he did not explode in rage. Antagondalus hurriedly spoke, fearing that something unexpected might happen.

“It’s none of your concern.”

Even if both arms were cut off, it wouldn’t be a big deal for a magician who had reached that level.

Antagondalus was confident that he could regrow his arms at any time.

“It’s not that, I’m curious as to why you were surprised to hear the name Wodanaz. If you’re going to be executed now, could you tell me before you go?”

“……”

The magical criminal was dumbfounded after being outsmarted by a second-year student from Einroguard.

“Are you alright?”

Lee Han asked, looking at Antagondalus, who had returned with his arms cut off.

Thinking about it, he realized he had asked too hastily earlier.

He had asked that way because he might die soon and because he was the one who had cursed Lee Han to die first, but thinking about it…

‘It might sound a bit rude.’

“Of course!”

Antagondalus tapped the cross-section of his arm, where darkness was swirling, against the wall.

Then, dirt and stone filled in, becoming Antagondalus’s new arm.

“It’s not a great prosthetic, but it’s good enough.”

“Were you surprised to hear the name Wodanaz because…”

“I think it would be best to stop talking about that.”

‘This bastard.’

Lee Han cursed inwardly as the other party changed the subject instead of answering.

He was clearly holding a grudge for having his arm cut off because of Lee Han.

He wanted to extract as much information as possible from the magical criminal while he had the chance…

“Your master seems to cherish you more than I thought. Do you feel it?”

“???”

When Lee Han looked at him as if he was talking nonsense, Antagondalus laughed as if he could guess what he was thinking.

“Haha! Yes. I suppose a magician who threatens to kill and tortures with magic doesn’t seem like a great teacher. But think about it this way. Has your master ever cut off your arms or crushed your bones? Like this.”

“It seems like a matter of time.”

“No. If he didn’t like a disciple, he would have cut off his arms or crushed his bones as soon as he met him. It’s not a matter of time.”

‘Certainly.’

Lee Han couldn’t deny that there was some logic in what the other party was saying.

He had been beaten much less severely when the strange teacher beat Lee Han than when he beat Antagondalus.

At first, he thought it was because Lee Han was a student and the other was an old magical criminal, but now that he thought about it, it didn’t seem like that crazy doppelganger would make such considerations.

“He cherishes you. So, you have to be more careful. If you even get an unnecessary misunderstanding…”

Antagondalus let out an ominous laugh from behind his silver mask.

What if he was having a personal conversation with Lee Han and was misunderstood as trying to steal or check his disciple?

He wouldn’t have enough lives to pay for it then.

“So, this is the end of our conversation. Let’s keep our distance! You learn magic from the master, and I steal magic from the master.”

“Um. May I ask you just one thing?”

“I will consider it as long as it’s not a personal question.”

“I was actually going to ask if I could go out for a while as a reward for learning the 5th circle magic, but…”

Antagondalus started laughing.

It was a much more cheerful sneer than when he heard that Lee Han was destined to die.

Lee Han cut him off firmly, as he seemed like he would laugh all day if left alone.

“I guess that means it’s not possible. I understand.”

“Surprising you even asked. Master?”

“You never know until you try. Even eccentric professors sometimes have unexpected sides to them…”

Lee Han was about to give an example of a professor from Einroguard, but he gave up and continued, as he couldn’t think of one.

“…If that’s not possible, I’m thinking of going out during the break.”

“Why are you trying to go out so urgently? How long has it been since you got here?”

Hearing that, Lee Han roughly estimated the time.

He didn’t know how long it had been, but the weekend was probably over and a new week was starting.

The later he went out, the more exponentially the content and assignments Lee Han had to learn would increase.

‘More terrible and frightening than the strange teacher.’

“There are lectures I have to attend…”

“Indeed. Is that the reason? But that master wouldn’t be bad for learning, would he?”

Lee Han firmly denied Antagondalus’s words.

“The level is too high for me to steal and learn. I want to receive a lower level of teaching.”

“I have a different opinion… I understand. Do as you please, young one.”

The old magical criminal’s only interest was in how much magic he could steal from the strange teacher.

Whether the boy from the Wodanaz family ran away or went to receive a trivial level of teaching was not Antagondalus’s business.

‘Wait. Break?’

Antagondalus suddenly paused.

He was going to go out during the break.

What break was he talking about?

“What does break mean…”

“What are you doing?”

As the strange teacher entered the workshop like a ghost, Antagondalus swallowed hard and tensed up.

As expected, the strange teacher was starting to suspect Antagondalus.

“I was praising the master’s teachings.”

Thwack!

Despite the flattery, the strange teacher threw Antagondalus against the wall.

“You’re trying to ruin my work. Trash. Get lost.”

Instead of getting out of the wall, Antagondalus humbly remained stuck there.

Fortunately, the strange teacher lost interest in Antagondalus and called Lee Han.

“You understood it well this time. Commoner.”

“Yes! Thank you!”

“It is also the job of the royal family to give rewards to subordinates. Is there anything you desire?”

“…Is it possible to go out for a while?”

“No.”

“Then I would like to have a break. I’m going to look back on the magic I’ve learned and improve my skills.”

Lee Han was not flustered and suggested again, as he had already expected the refusal to go out.

First, he needed a way to avoid the strange teacher’s attention.

That’s how he could escape or do anything else.

“No.”

“……”

Lee Han almost said, ‘Then why did you ask?’, but his anger subsided when he saw the tips of Antagondalus’s feet stuck in the wall.

“I am happy even with the thought that you are giving me a reward!”

“It seems you have learned a little bit about the mindset of a disciple.”

The strange teacher gave a slightly satisfied look and gave a new instruction.

There was no such thing as rest for those who mastered magic.

There was only progress and progress.

“Then prepare for the next 5th circle magic.”

“……”

Before Lee Han could say anything, the strange teacher said what he wanted and disappeared.

“Are you alright?”

-Yeah.

Antagondalus, who was stuck in the wall, answered and pulled himself out.

The magical criminal seemed interested in whether Lee Han could successfully prepare for the new 5th circle magic like last time.

He was like a spectator curious about the life and death of a gladiator thrown into an arena.

But Lee Han had no intention of satisfying the other party’s curiosity.

“I have to get out of here.”

“Do as you please.”

“Help me.”

“Why should I?”

“If you don’t help me, I’ll say you tried to seduce me into becoming a magical criminal.”

“……”

Antagondalus was sincerely impressed by the boy in front of him.

To be so cunning at such a young age!