Surviving as a Mage in a Magic Academy Chapter 982

Chapter 982

After remaining silent, Yi-Han spoke quietly.

"You must need to inspect deep underground for the forest's recovery too."

"That doesn't seem to be the case."

Though the mad doppelganger sneered from the side, Yi-Han pretended not to hear.

"Wh-why are you here... It's because of this after all, right? The Echo of the Demigod..."

"Pardon?"

Yi-Han tilted his head as if wondering what she meant, then belatedly realized.

"Ah! You mean that relic!"

"?"

"???"

Both the mad doppelganger and Ilendil expressed puzzlement at Yi-Han's reaction.

If not for the relic, why had he come here?

"Then why did you come?"

"I came to ask a Sentinel club member to praise me."

"..."

The mad doppelganger looked at his disciple with contempt that couldn't be more contemptuous.

Ilendil was equally dumbfounded.

If he had visited with the mad doppelganger to practice with the demigod-related relic, that would have been understandable.

But to visit the forest just to deceive some newly entered Baldurguard fellow.

And with the skull principal's mad doppelganger at that!

"Wh-why would you do such a thing... Couldn't that be done later...?"

"They're being too wary of me right now. It will be harder to resolve if we wait."

"..."

Then why not just leave them be?

Ilendil didn't think the Baldurguard student would be useful.

What use could they have?

At most, extracting whatever wealth they had...

'Surely that's not what he's trying to do?'

Ilendil suddenly became suspicious.

She had thought him a very kind junior who loved spirits before, but seeing him going around with the mad doppelganger had changed that thought quite a bit.

Someone who constantly stays beside a crazy person should be suspected no matter how normal they seem.

"Now. Quickly talk to them one-on-one and convince them that I'm not bad and am a good person."

"I-I'm not confident in such things..."

"What do you mean? You're a 4th year."

'What does that have to do with anything...'

Ilendil grumbled inwardly.

A 1st year who isn't good at social relationships stays the same even after becoming an upperclassman.

The mad doppelganger intervened to prevent time waste.

"Disciple, you tame the artificial demigod in the meantime."

"But Senior must be using it for the forest's regeneration?"

The relic <Echo of the Demigod> was a powerful artifact that contacted and connected with divinity to draw out its power.

Ilendil was using this artifact for the forest's recovery and regeneration, while the mad doppelganger was telling his disciple to use it to tame artificially summoned demigods... no, to torment his disciple.

"Royalty will open the channeling directly. This is Melitsa."

The mad doppelganger spoke calmly after seeing the order's symbols and signs placed nearby.

Unlike an immature disciple, the mad doppelganger could directly draw and connect divine power even without the relic's power.

"Isn't it the Jarmis Order?"

"The name must have changed. A common occurrence."

Jarmis, the god of hunters, also had aspects as a forest god.

However, in the time when the mad doppelganger lived, he was called Melitsa.

"Was he the god of hunters and forests then too?"

"No."

"So a god's attributes can change or be added as time passes."

"Something like that. The principle isn't much different from you trying to tame artificial demigods. Though much cruder and rougher..."

There had to be a difference between the power created by the collective unconscious of countless souls on the continent over a long period and the power consciously generated by a single mage.

The former was power that could give birth to new gods, while the latter could at most persuade artificial demigods.

Ilendil forgot about contacting the club's new member and listened intently.

Hearing about the history of divine changes from an ancient mage was very interesting even for this dryad mixed-blood student.

'Indeed... If one could find other attributes that gods had in the past, that might be usable too.'

Ilendil quietly admired that the junior had asked questions with such things in mind beforehand.

That wasn't the kind of thinking a 2nd year would do.

"I see. Master. There's one more thing I'd like to ask."

"Are you asking such long questions to avoid taming the artificial demigod?"

"...Yes."

"Begin."

"Yes."

"..."

Ilendil looked at the junior as if dumbfounded.

What was this...?!

  *

Ipeldrem: They're really rude!

"..."

Having a one-on-one conversation with the new Baldurguard member wasn't difficult, but persuading them was much harder.

Beaver-Penguin-Fox: Gonadaltes is a bit eccentric, but not a bad person.

Ipeldrem: Hmph. I heard Einroguard mages were all eccentric, but I didn't know they'd be this eccentric.

'This bastard.'

Ilendil flared up.

Einroguard students, from the most virtuous to the most evil, all had an instinct to flare up when insulted by Baldurguard students.

Ilendil had once seen her kind and well-known priest friend from Immortal Phoenix Tower hurling curses at a Baldurguard student.

Though the other had wasted and thrown away food, if they hadn't been a Baldurguard student, that priest friend would probably have endured a bit more.

Ipeldrem: More than that, may I ask just one thing?

Beaver-Penguin-Fox: What is it?

Ipeldrem: Well. You are an Einroguard student, right?

'Everyone here except you is an Einroguard student...'

The other still seemed to think this club was a gathering place for magic school students from across the empire.

However, this Sentinel club was a place where only Einroguard students gathered.

Excluding the Baldurguard student now, there couldn't be any other outsiders.

Beaver-Penguin-Fox: Of course.

Ipeldrem: Do you know a student from the Wardanaz family? They should be a 6th year student.

"?"

Of course, there could be 6th year students at Einroguard that Ilendil didn't know.

It wouldn't be surprising at all for Einroguard if a 6th year senior from 100 years ago trapped deep underground somewhere or in a high cloud fortress suddenly appeared.

However, no matter how she thought about it, that 6th year student didn't seem likely to be from the Wardanaz family.

Rather, they were more likely mistaking the junior beside her.

Of course, even for a Baldurguard student, mistaking a 2nd year student for a 6th year seemed nonsensical, but...

Ilendil unconsciously glanced at the junior.

Commander.You.use.my.power.too.poorly.You.cannot.rule.the.continent.this.way.

"I'm not trying to rule the continent, just practice..."

Yes.Practice.for.ruling.the.continent.

"No... I'm just talking about practice. Can you help increase my success rate when casting high-difficulty magic?"

Such.trivial...

'Hmm. Not strange at all.'

Seeing the junior chattering about continental domination with a magically summoned artificial demigod, Ilendil could understand immediately.

It wouldn't be strange for anyone to misunderstand.

Beaver-Penguin-Fox: I'm not sure. Why are you looking for that senior?

Ipeldrem: Senior Alzadek met them before, and said they were an amazing mage! And unlike other Einroguard mages, they were kind so they could build friendship!

Beaver-Penguin-Fox: ???

Ilendil couldn't understand at all and stopped the artifact to look at the junior again.

"You mean my magic? I do have a lot to practice right now. These days there are so many other things..."

Yi-Han was still conversing with the artificial demigod.

The artificial demigod asked about the magic Yi-Han was practicing. Yi-Han, who had been so busy lately with small worlds and such, counted on his fingers and checked again.

Regardless of the powerful reputation given by small worlds, magic needed steady building of fundamentals.

If one acted carelessly, intoxicated by the power of great spirits or the reputation of small worlds, they would ultimately self-destruct.

"First, I need to study more advanced water element attributes."

Not because Yi-Han was obsessed with 5th Circle magic, but having completed the water bullet, he needed to study more advanced attributes to learn more water element magic.

The water bullet was magic that combined all the applied water element attributes possible in lower Circle magic.

As could be seen with Eumidiphos, one needed to master various higher advanced attributes like vaporization, condensation, compression, and so on to enter more difficult water element magic.

Actually, since this was what Professor Bagrak had instructed before, it made him even more mindful.

Though Professor Bagrak had surprisingly been okay with waiting this semester since there had been so many things happening, when someone who usually wasn't like that said they would wait, it made one even more mindful.

It would have been less uncomfortable if he had tormented him until it was done like before.

Wooo...poor...

"..."

Yi-Han was dumbfounded.

He hadn't expected to hear such words from an artificial demigod.

Though the other was a powerful being, when it came to magical knowledge they shouldn't be much different from a newborn baby, yet daring to give advice to a 2nd year Einroguard student?

"No, do you know how difficult water element magic's advanced attributes are? Most of these are actually 5th Circle..."

"Utterly trivial. Learn such things quietly by yourself in your spare time."

"..."

Yi-Han became even more dumbfounded when the mad doppelganger beside him added his own comment.

How was he supposed to learn that quietly by himself?

It was questionable whether he could even receive help from the artificial demigod and mad doppelganger.

"...Alright. Let's skip water element. Lightning element would be good to have your help with too."

By now, lightning element magic had surpassed water element magic in progress.

<Wardanaz's Lightning Transformation> was magic one Circle higher than <Wardanaz's Water Bullet>.

But accordingly, lightning element magic was unstable and incomplete. If he didn't want some part flying off when transforming his body with lightning later, he needed to get as familiar with it as possible beforehand.

Wooo...poor...

"..."

This bastard?

Yi-Han wondered if the mad doppelganger was controlling the artificial demigod.

But that didn't seem to be the case.

"Fire element? After blue flame, I'm currently..."

Poor

"...How about going to the illusion magic school for spirit-related things? I need to learn more soul-related magic."

Poor

"Dark magic? Starting from higher undead summoning, there's a pile of things I need to learn."

Poor

"..."

Yi-Han endured with patience and asked again.

Various divination magic (avoiding misfortune and its defense methods), transformation magic (transforming into stronger creatures), summoning magic (connecting new realms), enchantment magic (creating support artifacts), healing magic (preparing body protection and recovery magic) and all sorts of questions were exchanged...

The artificial demigod jeered at all of them. Yi-Han nodded.

"Master. Let's summon a different demigod."

Commander?!You.are.too.cruel...!

The artificial demigod protested in great shock.

How could a commander who should guide them be so mean?

Ipeldrem: Hello? Why aren't you saying anything?

Beaver-Penguin-Fox: Ah, sorry. I was distracted for a moment. Such an unbelievable sight...

Ipeldrem: What happened?

Beaver-Penguin-Fox: You wouldn't believe me even if I told you.

Ipeldrem: Aren't all Einroguard students too full of exaggeration?

"..."

Ilendil turned her head again to look at the junior and artificial demigod.

No matter how she thought about it, this was indeed a sight no one would believe.