Surviving as a Mage in a Magic Academy Chapter 919

Chapter 919

-An attack!-

The demons were the first to notice the descent of the storm.

The demons waiting for fresh blood and souls in the rear of the army were shocked by the sudden storm of magic.

-How dare you!-

The nine-headed demon, who served as the chief demon blacksmith and siege officer under Esadojiqua, let out a roar of anger.

That roar didn't end as just an expression of anger. The hellish siege devices prepared by the demons spewed out firepower.

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The souls of mortals trapped in copper cannons wailed and turned into a stream of energy. The young skull principal avoided with blink while expressing contempt at the power that tore through space and burned the earth.

"Demons. Your race will pay the price for this evil deed for eternity."

-Your nonsense is too much for a mortal. You mage! You don't have the power to retaliate against me, let alone your race, do you?-

"We'll see about that."

The young skull principal made a light gesture. Then a small water droplet floated above his finger. It was a water droplet in the form of a perfect sphere.

No demon could guess or predict the magic just shown.

They just floated a single water droplet above a finger, what could that...

Bang!

Before the puzzlement could end, the impact arrived. The water droplet that left the young skull principal's hand accelerated at a speed beyond human perception.

Along with a conical shockwave, blue-white light scattered in all directions. But the demons had no leisure to observe the phenomenon caused by the water droplet.

The water droplet was mercilessly tearing apart their siege devices.

The copper cannons, battle chariots, and siege hammers that had been imprisoning mortal souls until just now were instantly engulfed in flames. Every time the water droplet touched, the huge weapons forged with demon blood and sweat exploded and collapsed.

It was on a different dimension from Yi-Han compressing water and adding spin properties. That single water droplet contained at least dozens of properties, concepts, and ideas.

The despairing demons tried to counterattack, but the young skull principal had already moved out of range. The nine-headed demon shouted, trembling.

-Mage! If I catch you, I'll leave only your heart and eyes. You will be hung and suffer for eternity!-

However, in Yi-Han's view, the battle was already the nine-headed demon's defeat.

The huge weapons around had all been shattered, and the demon was shouting alone as if struggling.

In fact, the young skull principal was completely ignoring him and destroying other areas. It was the same in other regions where doppelgangers had descended.

-It's you again, you damned prince!-

As the rear melted away in the blink of an eye, Esadojiqua shouted.

He immediately recognized the identity just from the aftermath of the magic, having already had several ill-fated encounters with the young skull principal.

-Not being able to corrupt you was this Esadojiqua's greatest mistake. Everyone surround the prince! You can let the other trash escape. But if you let the prince escape, I'll eat you all!-

The demon with an appearance reminiscent of a minotaur commanded while spewing eternally burning fire from his eyes.

At that sight, the young skull principal recalled all his doppelgangers at once. He couldn't waste power on doppelgangers to face Esadojiqua and his subordinates.

"These evil demon bastards!"

"!"

The young skull principal was greatly surprised by the sound from behind.

The disciples from the distant future realm, who he had clearly told to stay in the air, had joined the battlefield.

"Yi-Han! You absolutely must not come forward. Understand? You absolutely, absolutely must not come forward!"

"I understand, so look in front! In front!"

Yi-Han pointed ahead while patting Professor Garcia's back.

Now was not the time for Professor Garcia to worry about her disciple.

Meanwhile, Professor Boladi summoned a blade of darkness in midair and sliced through the demons.

"Outsiders shall not approach here..."

Professor Garcia closed her eyes and chanted a spell. In this situation, it seemed better to close her eyes to concentrate.

Professor Boladi attacked.

Professor Garcia defended.

And Yi-Han...

"Professor! Take my mana!"

"Yi-Han. Don't speak so loudly!"

"???"

Yi-Han was puzzled at Professor Garcia's words.

"There's no one here to hear except demons, though?"

"...Still!"

Her dignity as a professor prevented her from revealing that she was absorbing her disciple's mana in front of demons.

Professor Boladi, who had returned after slicing demons for a while, replenished mana from his disciple and went out to slice again.

Yi-Han's group, with the three elements of attack, defense, and recovery perfectly harmonized, quickly established themselves even in the chaotic demon battlefield. Seeing this, the young skull principal let out a sigh of relief.

"Why did you come? I'm sure I told you to wait."

"How could we just watch when demons are attacking like this! Even if not me, these two professors are certainly a force to be reckoned with."

"Y-Yi-Han. I'm not that confident..."

Professor Garcia was flustered as her disciple seemed to be overestimating her too much.

She had come down trusting Professor Bagrak, but she wasn't very confident in her own combat abilities.

Crackle!

Meanwhile, a demon trying to break through the huge barrier Professor Garcia had spread turned to dust.

Seeing this, the young skull principal nodded. With their abilities, they were certainly qualified to roam the battlefield.

"Thank you all for worrying about such an inadequate master like me."

"Please, really, stop saying such things."

As Yi-Han grimaced, Professor Garcia unconsciously nodded slightly too.

Though they had talked and steeled their resolve before coming down here, even that resolve was hard to withstand such grateful behavior from the young skull principal.

"...No! Those bastards?!"

Yi-Han, who had been conversing, belatedly noticed the change and was shocked.

Taking advantage of the gap as the demons' encirclement loosened, the city's magic nobles and their minions were escaping.

'Even at Einroguard, they fight together when demons appear!'

Yi-Han was enraged at the unbelievable cowardice.

"Lord Gonadaltes! Just give the order! Professor Bagrak will sweep away all those guys!"

Professor Boladi didn't deny it.

Though his appearance was very different, the young skull principal was his master, and pursuing enemies who betrayed and fled from his master was something a disciple should do.

However, the young skull principal shook his head.

"Leave them be. It's better as they won't interfere."

Apart from hatred for the city's magic nobles, there were also many of their minions here.

The young skull principal had no intention of abandoning them for petty revenge.

-Prince. Surely you're not having the absurd delusion of sacrificing yourself to save that trash?-

Esadojiqua, who had many ill-fated encounters with the prince, changed his mind.

If the city mages fleeing now were perhaps part of the other's plan, he couldn't just let them go. It was a matter of pride.

-Pursue them! Chase them to the end and kill everything you see!-

"!"

The young skull principal's expression changed slightly.

He wasn't worried about the magic nobles. Once they escaped the encirclement, they had sufficient ability to save their own lives.

What the young skull principal worried about was the people near the city gate.

If the magic nobles changed their minds and tried to intercept near the city gate, it would be fine, but given their arrogant and selfish nature, they would clearly pass through the gate immediately and temporarily take refuge in the safest place in the city.

Then inevitably, bloodshed would occur near the city gate.

After the magic nobles passed through hurriedly, the demons would arrive...

Having finished his thoughts, the young skull principal reacted immediately. Doppelgangers were created and broke through the surrounding interference to arrive at the city gate faster than anyone.

'The city gate!'

Yi-Han realized what the young skull principal was doing.

In this urgent situation, he was proceeding with the city gate work using blue jade and mermaid tears.

And with separate doppelgangers at that!

"Lord Gonadaltes, you need to concentrate!"

Yi-Han shouted while blocking the demons rushing from behind together with the professors.

The demons pouncing from all directions wailed miserably and targeted Yi-Han intensively. They had noticed where Professors Garcia and Boladi kept recharging mana from.

-How dare you be careless before me, Esadojiqua. Prince. Today is your last!-

Esadojiqua seemed to have realized the young skull principal had made a reckless move too.

He pounced immediately without giving time to recover or relax. His blood-colored axe absorbed the surrounding magic with a ghostly wail.

"Lord Gonadaltes! Cancel your doppelgangers and work again next time!"

Despite Yi-Han's shout, the young skull principal shook his head.

"Disciple."

"Yes?"

"Decline is actually not such a difficult magic."

"What...!"

It was an excessively relaxed thing to say in a situation where a great demon was leaping while scattering killing intent.

Yi-Han was getting anxious just watching.

"Just as you came down out of sincere concern for me, sincerely worry about others. Then you'll soon be able to understand."

With those final words, the young skull principal clashed head-on with Esadojiqua.

Though he staggered and was pushed back because his doppelgangers were working on the city gate, the young skull principal didn't stop. Blood flowed from his eyes and nose, but he used magic in succession.

-Prince. Still arrogantly relaxed!-

Esadojiqua growled in humiliation despite being in an advantageous situation. Seeing that violent appearance, Yi-Han decided he should step in.

'I should at least help with mana!'

Though he had promised Professor Garcia not to go out, promises usually had exceptions.

In this situation, Professor Garcia would surely understand.

However, at that moment, the surrounding space distorted strangely. Professor Garcia cried out in surprise.

"The scepter!"

The scepter was trying to send Yi-Han's group back to where they originally were. Professor Garcia's expression changed at the much faster than expected return.

What would happen to the young skull principal if they returned in the middle of battle?

However, the young skull principal smiled as if it was fine and said.

"Go back, disciples. This is not your era."

"But...!"

"We'll meet again someday. That's enough. Go!"

With the farewell, a spatial vortex swept around. The pouncing demons scattered, and Yi-Han's group entered the realm.

The last scene Yi-Han saw was the young skull principal blocking Esadojiqua's attack while protecting the city gate to the end.

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Pop!

"...!"

Yi-Han, who had returned to Einroguard, staggered. It wasn't just because of the shock from the artifact's casting.

'...Honestly... I was impressed.'

To be able to give such a deep impression not with grand magic or piles of gold coins, but with attitude alone.

The final scene he saw was that impactful to Yi-Han.

In a cruel and merciless era, when the entire kingdom except himself was trying to harm him, he steadfastly bestowed good deeds.

Not just to learn the Decline magic, but because of the past he had directly witnessed.

Yi-Han resolved to try to become a slightly more generous and kind person from now on.

'Yes. Even if not to the level of the young principal, I should be a little more to others...'

-How dare you put other hamsters in my cage?!-

Having safely returned and gained some leisure, the hamster spewed out angry squeaking sounds.

-If you do that one more time!-

"They're gone now, so it's fine! The young principal is risking his life fighting for people, but you're still grumbling about putting in hamster friends? Have some shame!"

-...-

The hamster closed his mouth with an expression full of resentment.