Surviving As A Mage In A Magic Academy [EN]: Chapter 809

The mad doppelganger spoke kindly, as if wondering what more I could possibly need.

Just like with the alchemy advice from before, this mad doppelganger expected his disciple to understand everything with just a single word.

That might have worked in ancient times, but nowadays…

‘Isn’t that a bit old-fashioned?’

While Lee Han was talking with the mad doppelganger, the Callarogard students started to move.

They were trying to separate Garal from the others by any means possible.

If they could just isolate that wizard from outside, they could easily defeat the Valdrogard students…

“Come forth! Blazing Gluttonous Ghoul!” An undead monster appeared. Flames roared around its body, and smoke poured from its eyes, nose, mouth, and even its ears.

Garal was very nervous.

Originally, the Empire’s students were violent and rough.

They were troublemakers who would often leave the school to cause problems and fight in nearby cities.

And the Empire’s wizards were just as dangerous and difficult.

They would frequently cause magical accidents and create problems everywhere…

Now, these two groups combined were the Empire Magic School students: violent, rough, dangerous, and difficult!

Garal knew very well what the Empire Magic School students were capable of (excluding the Valdrogard students), so it was only natural that he was nervous.

“Why did you summon an undead thing here?”

“Just wanted to let it get a breath of fresh Einrogard air.”

“Step back two paces, now!”

“I’ll step back one pace.”

“No, not just back. Relax, wander around a bit. Confuse them.”

“Tch! Fine.”

Garal also began to cast a spell, entering a defensive stance. A freezing cold spread out, and a thick, grey mist swirled around him, hiding him completely from view.

The Callarogard students clicked their tongues, unsure of its effects.

These illusion magics could trick you if you didn’t know what they were, putting you at a disadvantage when fighting experienced wizards.

“Should we push the magic away?”

“No. We might be counterattacked. Stay calm; he won’t be able to escape. Are you controlling the Blazing Gluttonous Ghoul?”

“I fed it a whole Firestone, so it should be obedient for a few days.”

“Magic strike? Confusion? Paralysis?”

“Judging by the flow, it doesn’t seem like paralysis. It seems to be interfering with magic power or the soul…”

The Callarogard students wore dark black robes. They looked a bit like gravediggers. You should not think they were weak.

Garal didn’t let his guard down and prepared the next spell.

It wasn’t a one-on-one situation but a one-on-many, and he had to protect the Valdrogard students as well, so Garal was quite anxious.

The wizard from the Snow Song Magic Tower, who had come from outside, subtly took out a vial from the front pocket of his quilted cashmere vest.

It was a pity, but he might have to use it to summon a blizzard.

‘How amusing.’

Lee Han watched with great interest, enjoying the tense atmosphere.

Watching a fight that had nothing to do with him was always enjoyable.

For Lee Han, who had only been involved in fights that concerned him recently, this spectacle revived a joy he had forgotten for a while.

‘This is how it should be. I’ve been too unlucky lately, getting caught up in too many unnecessary fights.’

“What is it, you wretch?”

“Just watching, sir?”

The mad doppelganger frowned as if in pain at Lee Han’s words.

Unlike his useful talent, this disciple angered his master with his vulgar and pathetic manners.

“I told you to wipe them all out.”

“…Master, actually, when I said outsiders attacked, it was a bit of an exaggeration.”

Lee Han quickly changed his words when the mad doppelganger, not forgetting, ordered him to wipe them out again.

“Those people are actually guests, and the attack is just a way of speaking…”

“Shut up.”

The mad doppelganger silenced Lee Han.

It didn’t matter whether the opponent was an outsider or not, whether they attacked or not.

What mattered was that they were casting spells and fighting in front of him and his disciple.

“??”

Lee Han tilted his head, not understanding.

“It’s a magic school, so they use magic, right?”

“Using weak and unimportant magic here, without even thinking about safety, is arrogant. It deserves punishment.”

“……”

Lee Han, finally understanding what the mad doppelganger was saying, looked dumbfounded.

‘So, he’s saying it’s arrogant to use magic in front of him?’

‘Royals are truly unbelievable. I hope Gainan and Adenart don’t become like that when they get older.’

Thinking very rudely about his absent friends, Lee Han subtly changed the subject.

“But Master, times have changed, and this is a magic school, so using magic is normal.”

If he wiped them out for using magic in front of him, even the Einrogard students would treat him like a madman.

‘There’s no such madman in the world.’

“This won’t do.”

“What do you mean?”

“Speaking from a distance, I can’t fix your manners, you wretch. I will visit you directly.”

“I’ll go wipe them out now!”

Lee Han quickly changed his words again.

He didn’t care about Callarogard, Valdrogard, or the external wizard.

Lee Han himself had to survive first, didn’t he?

“Is there a weakness to that Blazing Gluttonous Ghoul? It seems like a pretty powerful undead.”

“Why, don’t you ask how to breathe while you’re at it?”

“Oh. Is there a breathing technique passed down from ancient times?”

The mad doppelganger still didn’t know that his disciple was someone he couldn’t easily defeat without violence.

Just as many professors of Einrogard had been defeated, the boy from the Wodanaz family was the disciple of disciples.

In comparison, even though the mad doppelganger was a great wizard, he was only a novice as a teacher.

The mad doppelganger cast another curse on Antagondals and spoke with eyes as cold as burning ice.

“None. You wretch. Know that it is a disgrace as a disciple to ask about how to deal with undead like the Blazing Gluttonous Ghoul.”

Even though he said that, the mad doppelganger eventually explained.

“This undead, mainly found in the hellish dimension of the Gluttony Realm, has a soul burning with curses, so it easily burns not only nearby enemies but also incoming attacks.”

Of course, one could break through that defense with force, but that wasn’t an elegant tactic for a wizard.

“Are you saying I should feed it well?”

“That’s right.”

“If you summon beings from other dimensions with the power of flame, like spirits, and feed the Blazing Gluttonous Ghoul until it’s full, it will be satisfied and return instead of stubbornly remaining.”

“Ah! I happen to have a contracted lower-grade fire spirit. It’s a sparrow-like fellow, very clever and cute.”

……

The mad doppelganger remained still without any change in expression.

It was such a trivial sound that he didn’t even think of saying, ‘So what?’

-Who’s cuter, me or him?

The baby basilisk asked as if curious, but Lee Han pretended not to hear and continued.

“I’ll summon this fellow and feed the Blazing Gluttonous Ghoul until it’s full. Oh, Master, do you know how I came to contract with this fellow?”

“You wretch.”

“Yes.”

“If you babble about that spirit one more time, I’ll sew your mouth shut.”

‘No. That’s too much.’

Lee Han was very disappointed.

To have so little interest in the achievements of his disciple as a teacher.

No wonder he didn’t have any other disciples. Come to think of it, Professor Voladi had two disciples, but it was a bit of a problem that he had zero so far.

“In the name of law and contract, I summon you.”

With a flutter of wings, a sparrow-like lower-grade fire spirit appeared.

The spirit trembled as it looked at Lee Han and acted very cautiously.

“That fellow’s manners are more useful.”

“It’s because he’s smart. Now, I’ll lend you a lot of magic power, so can you feed that Blazing Gluttonous Ghoul plenty of high-quality flames?”

The spirit nodded.

Lee Han asked again, just in case.

“You understood properly, right? I’ll give you magic power.”

The spirit nodded.

“He’s very scared.”

-I think he’s just nervous?

The baby basilisk said, unaware of Lee Han’s true feelings.

He had been jealous anyway, so he didn’t easily miss the opportunity to criticize.

“…You be quiet. So, Master, how should we deal with that mist?”

……

The mad doppelganger, asked for a solution to the magic cast by the external wizard in addition to the undead summon, let out a sigh for the first time today.

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“Garal, sir. The mist is weakening!”

“It’s temporary, so it doesn’t matter.”

“Ah, is that so? …Oh, it seems to be continuing to weaken…”

“I said it’s a temporary phenomenon!”

Garal shouted in annoyance. He took out a handkerchief from his vest to wipe the sweat from his hands, then firmly grasped his staff.

He needed more time to deceive the guys outside and smuggle out these troublesome clients.

And yet, they were making such a fuss over a temporary change.

“W-wait a minute!”

Garal was shocked to realize that the mist was really weakening rapidly.

The magic that was supposed to buy time to prevent them from approaching from the outside was weakening so quickly.

Had the duration expired?

‘No. I definitely calculated it!’

Garal reconnected with the magic to check what was happening.

And he was shocked.

“..!??!”

From the outside, the boy from the Wodanaz family was breaking down the mist by using reverse magic.

Reverse magic is a high-level magic that dismantles the magic itself by understanding its structure and working backward.

In fact, the principle itself wasn’t that difficult. It was just that there was a lot of information to understand for each magic you faced.

Even wizards who had a lot of experience often made mistakes or were clumsy in this area.

Moreover, the mist that Garal was currently using was magic that he had improved himself during his time at the Magic Tower.

Under normal circumstances, it would be difficult to even know the effect, let alone the structure of this magic.

But to break down the magic by casually waving his staff from that distance…

‘What kind of monsters are they gathering and raising in the second grade of Einrogard?!’

Garal was more shocked than embarrassed or desperate.

However, Garal wasn’t the only one surprised. The Callarogard students were similarly astonished.

“Ah, no! The Blazing Gluttonous Ghoul!”

“That bastard?! He’s betraying us and trying to go back!”

In the short time they had turned their attention elsewhere, the Blazing Gluttonous Ghoul was making a satisfied cry and moving to return to its original dimension.

The Blazing Gluttonous Ghoul, which always tried to swallow any flame it saw because it was always hungry, was trying to return so willingly.

Only then did the Callarogard students realize that the lower-grade fire spirit was quickly escaping.

‘To send a spirit to make the Blazing Gluttonous Ghoul full!’

‘I can’t believe it. Such a method. I didn’t even think of it.’

‘Even if he borrows the power of the spirit, a considerable amount of magic power would be wasted, yet he’s doing it so boldly…!’

Both wizards, their plans stopped, looked at each other awkwardly.

The Valdrogard students blinked, not quite understanding what was happening.

One of the Callarogard students spoke accusingly.

“Why are you interfering in the sacred duel between Callarogard and Valdrogard!”

Garal seemed to have a similar thought and shouted.

“Why are you interfering when the Valdrogard students were winning!”

“?”

Lee Han glanced over for a moment. Garal blushed and avoided his gaze. Seeing that, Lee Han’s heart ached.

‘That’s a professional adventurer for you.’

“The reason I interfered…”

‘Say that you couldn’t stand the sight of arrogant trash running wild in front of you.’

“It’s because I couldn’t bear it as a wizard to see your duel!”

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