Surviving As A Mage In A Magic Academy [EN]: Chapter 99

Without even a moment to stop or change course, the rowboat ran right up onto the soft sands of the island.

Angalo and Dukehma did not notice this. They just kept rowing hard on the sand.

They were terrified that the enraged water spirits would launch an attack.

Lee Han was beginning to regret being stuck on a boat with these two, of all the White Tiger Tower students.

Even Moradi, if not Deuregyu, would have been smarter than these two…

“We’re grounded, you blithering idiots.”

“!”

Only then did Angalo realize that his oar was paddling in the soft sand.

Blushing with embarrassment, Angalo said,

“Ahem. Still… we managed to escape.”

“That’s right, Wodanaz. Look on the bright side. We shook off the angry water spirits on the lake.”

Lee Han, instead of replying to the two White Tiger Tower students, simply flicked his wand.

It was a signal to get out quickly and push the boat back into the water.

The two students figured it would be better to get out and push the boat than to keep resisting…

…And come to think of it, it seemed they had Wodanaz to thank for shaking off the water spirits…

“Wodanaz.”

Angalo carefully spoke after getting out of the rowboat.

“Speak. I’m listening.”

Angalo spoke, sounding a little shaky. “Can we just rest for a minute? My arms are really tired from all that rowing.”

Dukehma nodded quickly. “Yes, please! And Wodanaz, you used magic, right? Maybe those water spirits are still around.”

Lee Han sighed quietly, but they didn’t see it. “Do what you want,” he said, sounding a bit bored.

“Th-thank you!” Angalo said, surprised and very thankful.

‘Did this fellow think I wouldn’t allow it?’ Lee Han felt awkward at the reaction.

After he’d gone to the trouble of protecting their lives…

” ?”

Lee Han frowned, looking at the dwarf student, Dukehma. He felt a strange sense of unease.

“Hey.”

“Wha… what is it? Why? Are we leaving already?”

“It seems like you’ve gotten a little shorter.”

At that, Dukehma jumped up and down, enraged. His face flushed red, and he trembled.

“How… how dare you?! Just because no one is watching, you insult me?! Do you think there’s no one to stop you from attacking me?!”

‘Should I just punch him?’ Lee Han felt his grip tightening on his wand.

Knowing that no one was around to stop him, one would think he’d watch his mouth…

“No, Dukehma! You’ve gotten shorter!”

“??!!”

Only after hearing Angalo’s shout did Dukehma realize something was wrong.

He hadn’t gotten shorter.

Dukehma was sinking into the sand.

“…!”

Lee Han’s expression hardened. He had been too busy looking around the island to notice, but the rowboat was already half-submerged.

‘Dangerous!’ Lee Han realized that his boots were also sinking softly. Angalo desperately tried to run.

“Everyone, run forward! We need to get off the sand!”

“Wait a…”

Before he could be stopped, Angalo hastily took a step. And sank even faster.

Having sunk to his waist in an instant, Angalo floundered as if he were in a swamp.

‘Too late.’ Lee Han quickly gave up on Angalo and Dukehma.

Lee Han used his magic, called . This magic lets him move small things with his mind.

This magic was limited to about the size of a marble, and couldn’t be used on someone as large and heavy as Lee Han.

The structure of the magic spell itself couldn’t withstand it and would break apart.

But…

“Move!”

Lee Han fixed the steel marble in the air as if nailing it in place. Then, with his other arm, he grabbed the steel marble tightly and lifted his body.

Lee Han’s body rose from the sand as if he were doing a one-handed pull-up.

Professor Voladi, who always praised using simple magic in clever ways, would have been thrilled to see this.

Originally, the magic, which controlled small objects from quills to marbles, was never intended for combat.

If one wanted to use telekinesis magic in combat, there were several useful spells, even if they took a little longer to cast.

No one would insist on using a magic spell meant to teach the basics of magic for combat purposes.

…Except for Professor Voladi.

Professor Voladi focused on the fast casting speed of low-circle magic spells like .

Whether it was a low-circle or high-circle magic spell, as long as it pierced the opponent’s vital point, it was fatal. Why obsess over high-circle magic?

The important thing was efficiency.

Even could be powerful enough if trained properly!

Lee Han was now proving it with his own body. The steel marble stood firm in the air, bearing Lee Han’s weight.

Lee Han gritted his teeth and slowly flew over the sand.

From maintaining the steel marble to holding on with his arm strength and back muscles, nothing was easy.

Plop!

Having barely escaped the sand and climbed onto a solid rock, Lee Han turned his head.

The rowboat had disappeared beneath the sand.

“Oh, dear…”

Lee Han made a sound of regret with a pitiful expression.

Come to think of it, Angalo and Dukehma had also disappeared along with the rowboat. That was also a pity.

‘It must be the Headmaster’s trap.’

-There is no such thing as coincidence, everything is inevitable.

Lee Han wished he could engrave that on the school’s front gate.

So that the new students wouldn’t be fooled.

This island was the island that the Skull Headmaster had told them to go to, and it was the island where the Skull Headmaster had personally thrown the outing pass.

Then that inescapable sand must also be a trap set by the Skull Headmaster.

Shuffle-

A new student has managed to escape.

Sure enough, a summoned creature emerged from the sand with a low voice.

The negative energy felt throughout his body.

Lee Han realized that the opponent was an undead.

“Nice to meet you.”

…Aren’t you surprised or flustered?

Lee Han’s question confused the undead creature. It became nervous again.

When new students saw an undead summoned creature, they would often scream in surprise, wail, or even faint…

The new student in front of him was very calm.

“I am surprised. So, what’s the reason you’re here? What do I have to do?”

Lee Han’s question confused the undead creature. It became nervous again.

It was supposed to explain things first, but it hadn’t expected to be questioned like this, as if it were being interrogated.

After a moment, the undead summoned creature regained its composure and said,

“You were supposed to sink with them, you know.”

“……”

Lee Han had absolutely no intention of doing so, but he decided to listen for now.

As the new student nodded expressionlessly, the undead summoned creature continued,

“If you sink into the sand together, a trial begins where the new students must cooperate with each other.”

“Is that so…”

Lee Han gripped his wand.

He didn’t feel even a little bit grateful for the Skull Headmaster’s grace in preparing a space for the students to get to know each other so diligently.

In the first place, the culprit was the Skull Headmaster.

As Lee Han fidgeted, the undead summoned creature spoke again,

“Since you escaped from the sand, I’m explaining it to you directly.”

The turtle-like undead summoned creature spoke as if doing a favor.

And it was sincere.

Originally, it should have grabbed him again and dragged him back, but it was explaining it to him like this because it admired his skill.

“Now. Go back in. You have to pass the trial.”

“What happens if I don’t go in?”

At Lee Han’s question, the undead summoned creature retorted as if he were saying something ridiculous.

“Do you want me to drag you in by force? Go back in now.”

“I understand.”

Lee Han obediently stood up from the rock. The undead summoned creature nodded as if he had thought well.

At that moment, Lee Han swung his wand.

“Move!”

With a flash, the steel marble flew and accurately struck the undead summoned creature’s head.

Lee Han’s reason for ambushing and attacking the undead summoned creature wasn’t just because the other party’s words were arrogant and presumptuous.

‘It’s hard to trust those two.’

If it had been Deuregyu, Lee Han might have chosen to go under the sand.

But those two?

No matter how he thought about it, going in willingly was a crazy thing to do.

It seemed more likely to succeed if he seriously ambushed and defeated the undead summoned creature.

Thud!

With a dull sound, bones shattered.

However, the undead summoned creature, which was naturally not alive, didn’t fall just because its skull was broken. The opponent shouted in an angry voice.

“New student, how dare you do this?”

“I’m sorry. I was wrong. It was a mistake.”

When Lee Han sincerely apologized, the undead summoned creature momentarily thought it was a genuine mistake.

However, the next attack came right away. The steel marble rushed in like a brutal cannonball.

The undead summoned creature hurriedly summoned sand to create a wall.

However, the steel marble detoured without hesitation.

And once again struck the undead summoned creature’s head that it had hit earlier.

Thud!!

The undead summoned creature staggered. And became extremely angry.

“How dare a new student humiliate me?!”

“I hide in the night!”

Lee Han cast an invisibility spell and ran to the side. At the same time, he cast the next spell.

“Feet, wrinkle the earth!”

As the Headmaster’s magic was cast, the undead summoned creature that the Headmaster had summoned recognized the energy and was horrified.

“How could a guy like you use the master’s magic… Did you steal the magic!? Such an impudent fellow!”

‘The summoned creature thinks too highly of its master.’ Lee Han ran out quickly.

The physical abilities activated by brought vitality.

If he stood still after becoming transparent, it would be the same as asking to be caught.

“Go!”

Lee Han summoned the panther bone summoned creature. The panther bone summoned creature, which was much larger than before, barked loudly and ran across the sand.

“A summoned creature who hasn’t even found a body dares to attack me!”

The undead summoned creature swung its front paw in an angry voice. The panther bone summoned creature was knocked away along with the sand.

The undead summoned creature began to spray sand towards where Lee Han had been.

“I’ll acknowledge that you’re using your head as a new student. But that’s it!”

Spraying sand in all directions, the undead summoned creature headed towards where Lee Han had been.

Even if he ran away to the inner part of the island, it intended to catch him without fail.

“Is it here? Or… here? No, it’s here!”

The undead summoned creature pressured Lee Han, making loud noises.

It wasn’t really finding him, but trying to scare the opponent into coming out.

The undead summoned creature continued to make loud noises, spraying sand in places where it could hide.

However, the summoned creature didn’t know.

Lee Han had no intention of running away to the inner part of the island in the first place.

Why would he run away when he didn’t know what was inside?

Rustle-!

Lee Han, who had been hiding to the side, jumped out.

The black amethyst sword, Dawn Star, was swung, severing the legs supporting the summoned creature’s heavy body.

Dawn Star absorbed the magic of negative energy, and the leg part of the undead summoned creature, which had lost its power, was reverse-summoned.

The undead summoned creature, which had lost its balance, fell to the side with a loud noise.

“Th… this new student…!”

The undead summoned creature screamed, seemingly quite bewildered by the ambush.

“A wizard using an anti-magic weapon, are you out of your mind! Are you even a wizard! New student!”

Lee Han decided to ignore it.

It wasn’t because he had nothing to say, but because he had intended to ignore it from the start.

It was true.