Surviving As A Mage In A Magic Academy [EN]: Chapter 875

Jo-urin isn’t wicked!

Jo-urin got angry at what the demons said. He thought they were acting mean and small, even though they were demons.

He had only been offering advice for Lee Han’s sake, and they dared to slander him so.

Lee Han! Jo-urin advises you to forgive Professor Verdus and respect him as a teacher!

Jo-urin snorted, as if asking if this was good enough, and glared at Lee Han and the demons.

“Er, no thanks. What on earth are you thinking, saying such a thing?”

Lee Han, of course, responded as if he were talking nonsense.

He was willing to return the artifact he had taken, though even this, he thought, might be too much.

Jo-urin saw that Lee Han was tricking him. He glared angrily at the demons.

Those wicked creatures!

From inside, Professor Verdus’s frail voice emerged.

“Let’s negotiate!”

“Very well, Professor. We shall negotiate. Come out,” Yukbeltire said, staring at the attic where Professor Verdus was hiding with an icy expression.

At the same time, his hands moved swiftly. The signal was simple: Shoot as soon as he appears.

The students from the Buyeo Magic Academy behind him nodded.

They couldn’t afford to give Professor Verdus any opening. He had to be taken down immediately.

“Good. Then move back to the end of the corridor!”

But Professor Verdus was equally distrustful. He knew his own students were perfectly capable of selling out their teacher.

“We cannot do that, Professor.”

“We’re negotiating, aren’t we?”

“Yes, but you will summon other artifacts from within the Magic Tower, Professor.”

The Holy Inscription Hall was Professor Verdus’s Magic Tower, and each floor was filled with artifacts that could be summoned with a single shout from the professor.

It was fortunate that they had managed to trap him in the attic with a surprise attack; otherwise, the students would have been swept away in a frontal assault.

“No! Trust me!”

“We do not either. Please trust us.”

“Yukbeltire! I’ll give you twice the reward you were promised!”

The students murmured at Professor Verdus’s shout.

Receiving twice the bounty offered by Professor Passelt was certainly something to consider.

However, Yukbeltire coldly shook his head.

“I cannot trust you.”

“I’ll give it to you upfront! I’ll tell you the location of the vault, so take it!”

“I cannot trust you.”

“Why are you acting so foolish!?”

Professor Verdus was surprised. Yukbeltire was from a royal family. He usually only cared about himself and didn’t help his teachers much. But he was smart and not easily upset.

Why was he rejecting the offer?

“I-I am not acting irrationally at all. Open the attic door, Professor.”

“I refuse!”

“Bring the magic cannon.”

At Yukbeltire’s command, the students moved quickly. With the sound of wheels turning, a massive bronze cannon engraved with glowing blue circles appeared.

From inside, Professor Verdus jumped up and down, furious.

“That’s my property!!”

“You were supposed to deliver it two years ago, Professor.”

“It can still be improved, why! Why are you being so foolish!”

Professor Verdus did not realize that the more he said such things, the more he fueled his student’s animosity.

Yukbeltire looked up at the attic and proposed.

“O-Open the door. Otherwise, we will commence the siege.”

“There are enough artifacts in here to defend. You’ll never break through!”

“Time is on our side. Who would come to help you, Professor?”

“O… Osu?”

“The Headmaster has gone to the capital.”

After hesitating, Professor Verdus changed his tone and pleaded.

“Two and a half times! Yukbeltire! I’ll give you two and a half times!”

“I-I do not need it.”

“Staff?”

“I said nothing.”

“No. You said staff, didn’t you?”

“Commence the attack.”

The students from the Buyeo Magic Academy gleefully charged their magic. Professor Verdus looked around anxiously.

Unfortunately, he had been ambushed while in the attic, so there weren’t many artifacts inside.

The artifacts he had were for self-defense and work.

Most of the artifacts with strong firepower or capable of subduing wizards were downstairs, and Yukbeltire knew about the few powerful artifacts that remained, so he had neutralized them first during the surprise attack.

Professor Verdus was in a panic. He ripped apart scrolls and scattered potion ingredients, trying to make quick, temporary magic items. He strengthened the wooden door with spells, and added glowing runes to stop attacks.

*Rumble!* The attic shook.

“Whoa!” a student yelled. “P-Professor, did you get a new magic item up there?”

The students jumped back as bolts of bright blue lightning shot from the attic doorway. The magic was strong! It looked like Professor Verdus had found powerful new weapons after all.

“Do not waver. It is a bluff. He is using the items inside to create them temporarily.”

Yukbeltire knew exactly how the supplies were stocked inside the Magic Tower.

Since he had blocked the summoning of other artifacts, Professor Verdus could only use the materials inside the attic.

There were limits to improvisation.

Even though lightning and fire were attacking them, the students slowly made their defenses stronger and moved closer. Professor Verdus then shouted a lot of curses again.

“Such a wicked and spiteful wizard! How dare you steal someone else’s artifacts and use them as you please!”

“Professor, I have arrived.”

Professor Verdus screamed, a sound peculiar to beaver-kin, and fell backward. Jo-urin said to Lee Han, as if he couldn’t believe it.

He looks so cute, is he really Professor Verdus??

“Haha. You have learned another lesson, haven’t you? Do not be deceived by appearances, Your Highness.”

After imparting his wisdom to Jo-urin, Lee Han first checked the situation below.

Because he had entered through the secret passage that Professor Verdus had told him about, he had not yet seen the situation outside.

Lee Han was shocked.

‘No. Is this a war??’

Yukbeltire and the Buyeo Magic Academy seniors were fiercely armed and deploying siege weapons.

“What on earth did you say to Senior Yukbeltire? Did you perhaps mock him with a staff?”

For a calm person like Yukbeltire to be so determined to kill him…

Lee Han suspected that Professor Verdus had provoked him further without his knowledge.

Of course, Professor Verdus felt very wronged.

“I didn’t! Why would I do such a pointless thing! And what staff are you talking about?”

“Think carefully, Professor. You may not realize it, but Senior might have felt that way…”

“I really didn’t! More importantly, we need to get out of here quickly! Yukbeltire is trying to kill me! He’s completely mad! He must be suffering from mania!”

Yukbeltire was not the kind of wizard to do that…

As Jo-urin cautiously took Yukbeltire’s side, Professor Verdus finally noticed the dragon’s presence.

“Dragon!”

“Yes. This is His Highness Jo-urin.”

“In that case, claws, scales, tears, blood…”

Professor Verdus was about to list the 365 magical ingredients that could be obtained from a dragon, starting from the tendons to the molars.

But the shout did not end. Professor Bendozol rushed forward and began to strangle Professor Verdus.

“I will kill you here!”

“Kehk… Wodanaz!”

Professor Verdus, caught by surprise, desperately called out the name of the only student he could trust.

‘I really shouldn’t have come.’

Lee Han sighed deeply, not wanting to get involved. Eandurre looked at his senior with sympathetic eyes.

To think that his respected senior was suffering so much at the hands of the professors!

“Everyone, calm down! Professor Verdus, surely you are not coveting the dragon’s flesh. You could be cursed and hunted forever.”

“Can’t the dragon just give it to me directly?”

“Don’t say such ridiculous things! Before I kill you!”

Professor Bendozol warned, his eyes rolling back. Even the strong-hearted Professor Verdus flinched at the murderous aura and took a step back.

“Do you think the Dragon would dare to give even a part of his flesh to insignificant mortals!”

Lee Han could see Jo-urin fidgeting and avoiding eye contact.

‘It’s alright, Your Highness. No one will know.’

‘R-Right?’

“More importantly, Professor, can’t we leave through the secret passage we came in through?”

“Yukbeltire engraved a tracking mark on my tail. If we go out through the secret passage, he’ll notice.”

Professor Bendozol grumbled at those words.

“We can just cut it off.”

“It’s a curse that regrows even if you cut it off, you know?”

“Then cut it off again!”

“Are you stupid? You can’t solve it that way…”

Stop fighting! Jo-urin is getting frustrated!

The exploding Jo-urin pounded the floor with his front paws. Eandurre patted Jo-urin’s tail as if he liked it.

“I-I’m sorry, Dragon! It’s because of that scoundrel I’m going to tear to pieces!”

“That’s right! Because of that… Mmph.”

Lee Han quickly covered Professor Verdus’s mouth.

“Can’t the magic be dispelled?”

“It can.”

“What’s the method?”

“You can bring the artifact that cast the magic or bring an artifact for dispelling it.”

“Where are they respectively?”

“Yukbeltire has both.”

Lee Han had to admit that Professor Verdus’s disciple was truly meticulous.

‘Did he perhaps prepare a plan to assassinate Professor Verdus for a long time?’

“What if we make one?”

“You can if you bring the reagents and materials, but…”

“Does Senior Yukbeltire have those too?”

“Yes.”

‘Should I just sell him out?’

Lee Han, who had been slightly contemplating, barely held back. Still, wasn’t this happening because of the artifact he had taken?

“…I think persuasion is the only option. Professor. First, here is the >Star Guide>. If Professor Krauer receives this, he will lift the bounty.”

“!”

Professor Verdus stared at the artifact Lee Han had taken out with surprised eyes.

“You got this?!”

“…Um, yes.”

“Isn’t it strange?”

Professor Bendozol asked, sensing something was off.

An artifact disappeared from Professor Verdus’s workshop, and he brought it back so quickly.

In Einrogard, this usually means the culprit is…

“The reason is simple.”

Professor Verdus, who had obtained the artifact, answered triumphantly, feeling pleased.

“What is it?”

“It’s because he respects me, so he hurried to get it!”

Lee Han almost kicked Professor Verdus’s tail in that moment.

‘This happened because of the artifact I took. This happened because of the artifact I took.’

“Are you even saying that seriously?”

Professor Bendozol shouted, dumbfounded.

Professor Verdus’s student respects his teacher and came to save him. That would never happen before Einrogard’s destruction.

No! Jo-urin will testify!

Jo-urin hurriedly made excuses, sensing that Lee Han was about to be suspected. Professor Bendozol wore an expression as if he wanted to hang himself.

“I-Is that really true!?”

“Yes… He respected me, so he hurried to get it…”

Lee Han also said helplessly. Professor Verdus’s triumphant appearance was strangely irritating.

“Wodanaz has respected me so much that he even helped me with my work during vacations since a long time ago.”

“…Ugh.”

Lee Han groaned painfully.

It was harder to endure than any ordinary curse.

‘I might really go crazy if I stay any longer.’

“Professor, I will persuade Senior Yukbeltire for now. Since we have recovered the artifact, the bounty will soon disappear, won’t it.”

“Yes. Be careful. He’s completely mad.”

“Senior would not do that. Senior Yukbeltire! It’s me, Lee Han…”

“Using a fake voice to play petty tricks?”

A murderous attack came with the reply. Lee Han quickly dodged and cursed Professor Verdus.

“What on earth did you do!”

“I really didn’t do anything!”