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Surviving as a Mage in a Magic Academy Chapter 907

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Chapter 907

Looking puzzled at Yi-Han, who had become strangely polite, Intarendals began his explanation.

"Everyone has yang and yin. There are good parts and evil parts."

"That's generally the case."

Though he couldn't yet guess what the other was trying to say, Yi-Han agreed for now.

People were originally complex beings, so good and evil aspects often coexisted.

Just looking at Gainando, one could see that while he stole other friends' meals, he sometimes gave up his meal to a friend.

"That example doesn't seem quite right... But you seem to have understood correctly. This is a fate that even a great mage like Lord Gonadaltes cannot escape."

For ordinary living beings, even if good and evil aspects coexisted, they would find balance within that complexity.

But for a thought entity that had changed into a kind of law or rule, such balance was impossible.

Either good or evil.

One had to choose only one of the two.

"Lord Gonadaltes' evil aspect that was inside has now awakened."

"...Wait, so until now he was a benevolent great mage?"

"You're asking an obvious question?"

"..."

Yi-Han was dumbfounded when the head butler looked at him as if to say 'Why are you asking such an obvious thing?'

Did he perhaps think the mad doppelganger had politely sent Yi-Han an invitation and taken him in as a disciple?

"Lord Gonadaltes tried to eliminate the world's pain by inheriting the orthodox lineage of arcane magic. How is this not a benevolent purpose?"

Befitting the desire for honor, the mad doppelganger's goal was extremely high in difficulty.

To pass on the ancient magical mysteries he had learned to his disciple and someday achieve his long-cherished wish.

Thinking by the standards of ancient mages, it wasn't such a strange idea. Even if the mage himself died, if the magic he created was passed on, it was as if that mage lived on forever.

Of course, that long-cherished wish was close to impossible, and on top of that, appearing as a thought entity to teach arcane magic was quite unique even by ancient standards.

And now the reversed mad doppelganger's goal was to directly conquer the continent and rule it strictly.

'Hmm. Certainly, the former is more benevolent when compared.'

Yi-Han was frustrated but couldn't refute.

Though he had attacked his disciple and magic criminals, at least he had tried to resolve things peacefully by passing on magic.

Compared to that, the current mad doppelganger was openly trying to conquer the continent.

'Come to think of it, isn't this the skull principal's fault?'

Yi-Han suddenly felt anger rise towards Einroguard's principal who wasn't present.

This desire for honor ultimately split off from the skull principal, which meant that the goal of the desire for honor was also a goal the skull principal had in his youth...

...Which meant the skull principal had thoughts like 'Should I conquer the continent?' in his youth.

Seeing the current appearance, it seemed he hadn't carried it out, but the fact that he had harbored such intentions was ridiculous.

Why on earth would he have such thoughts?

But blaming someone who wasn't present was meaningless. What was important now was stopping the mad doppelganger.

'I thought he was the mad doppelganger usually, but I didn't know he could go mad one more time from there.'

"Intarendals. We must stop him! Master originally had a gentle personality and didn't like fighting. For someone who sought the supreme state of magic to fall into such madness!"

-...-

The hamster, who had been quietly listening and organizing his thoughts, looked at Yi-Han in disbelief.

What nonsense was it to say that tyrant had a gentle personality?

'No. But his claim is right. We must stop him.'

Even from the magic criminal hamster's perspective, the current situation wasn't good.

Of course, it wasn't a good situation before this either, but if things escalated from here, it could flow to an even worse outcome.

Even if by some chance it succeeded, the mad doppelganger wouldn't free him, and it would probably fail, but at that time saying 'I'm an innocent magic criminal with no relation to this' wouldn't be believed by the imperial subjugation forces.

"I agree too, Yi-Han of the Wardanaz family. This appearance is completely different from what Lord Gonadaltes usually pursued. I dare say he has lost his reason."

Yi-Han let out a sigh of relief when at least the head butler agreed.

If Intarendals had also declared continental conquest while talking about loyalty, it would have truly been hopeless.

"Thank you for agreeing. Then how should we stop him?"

"I don't really..."

"..."

-...-

When the person who could be called the greatest mad doppelganger expert here expressed reluctance, the mage and hamster were shocked.

"N-no. If you don't know, Intarendals, who would?"

"I merely serve Lord Gonadaltes with loyalty, I've never thought about how to change Lord Gonadaltes as desired."

"True loyalty is being able to correct the other when they go down the wrong path..."

Yi-Han stopped speaking as he felt it was meaningless.

Pointing out Intarendals' usual attitude now wouldn't make a non-existent method appear.

He had to think of other methods as quickly as possible.

"...Ah! How about this? Master feels indebted because he learned magic from dragons. If Princess Jourin persuaded him?"

"That's not good. It won't work on the current Lord Gonadaltes, at least."

The head butler, like a loyal servant, accurately predicted his master's way of thinking.

-Dominating the continent himself is for the sake of all living beings, so if he shows how he rules after subjugating, even dragons would understand.-

'What nonsense.'

Yi-Han cursed inwardly.

There was no greater nonsense than this. Conquer first, apologize later?

With that kind of thinking, persuading with the emperor's race wouldn't be of much use either.

No matter if it was a dragon, he would judge that such lenient rule wasn't right, so he would strictly rule instead.

And the most frightening point here was that the emperor might agree.

'...Surely he wouldn't agree. No matter what... No matter what...'

Yi-Han couldn't be sure because he wasn't very close with the emperor.

Would the emperor firmly refuse when this mad doppelganger demanded the throne?

In a situation where the empire's evil great noble families had bound the emperor with cunning contracts and were forcing him into labor?

'...Dragons are generally wise and benevolent races... Damn it. I can't be sure.'

Wooooong-

A powerful wave of mana was felt from outside the workshop. The head butler cried out urgently.

"Lord Gonadaltes is trying to summon the demigod legion!"

"..."

Yi-Han felt his spine tingle for the first time in a while.

He had the intuition that if he didn't do something immediately, the situation would become irreversible.

'If it's a demigod legion, could it be something like the black coffin magic he showed before? Can he summon that at legion level? How?'

Many thoughts flashed by, but Yi-Han didn't get swept up in them and checked what he had.

Calling seniors or professors seemed too late. Moreover, he couldn't guess how the mad doppelganger would react.

'A being who can speak strongly to the mad doppelganger, such a being...'

For a moment, Yi-Han looked at Ferkuntra's mark.

A powerful being at the level of a spirit king could surely deliver a rebuke to the mad doppelganger.

'No!'

Yi-Han, who was about to call Ferkuntra, thought of a better method.

Come to think of it, hadn't he met someone when he was forcibly dragged to the Gate of Nine Mountains and Eight Seas last time?

Yi-Han took out the Yaksha King's horn fragment. Though Ferkuntra wasn't an incompetent helper, the Yaksha King seemed more suitable in the current situation.

He grasped the horn fragment with a desperate heart and infused mana, and naturally a spell flowed from his mouth.

"Please help me, King of the Golden Eyes. A mortal craves your wisdom!"

Even while chanting the spell, Yi-Han was slightly worried.

As he had thought when receiving the horn fragment, the Yaksha King was a being seated in a far, far realm.

Could he appear with just one horn fragment when he hadn't made a contract with Yi-Han and had no particular connection to the continent?

-Hmm. You called faster than I expected.-

"!!!"

However, surprisingly, the Yaksha King immediately appeared in the air.

There were no signs, no great magic. That made Yi-Han even more surprised.

The hamster must have been surprised too, as he let out a squeaking sound instead of forcing out human speech.

For a being from another realm to so easily leap across the gap and descend?

'Who on earth is this?'

-Disciple of Os. I had foreseen this would happen.-

The Yaksha King's voice carried a profound mystery that only a being who could foresee the future could show.

Yi-Han was completely overwhelmed by that aura.

Forgetting even his resentment at being deceived as a star guide before, Yi-Han unconsciously asked a polite question.

"You predicted this situation?"

-That's right! It wasn't even a difficult thing. Demon assassins targeting you, the disciple of Os, is self-evident in a way.-

"..."

-...-

The hamster felt shame for a moment.

He was ashamed of himself for being overwhelmed by some madman from another realm.

And the emotion Yi-Han was feeling now was similar.

"That's not it."

-Hmm?-

"It's not a situation of being attacked by demon assassins."

Yi-Han suppressed his anger and explained as quickly as possible. There was no time to get angry now.

Fortunately, the Yaksha King understood immediately.

-Hmm. My prediction was slightly off. It seems your existence as Os's disciple acted as a variable.-

"...Excuses aside, please help! You said you were close with the principal in his youth. Was there ever a time when he went mad?"

-Disciple of Os. I can only think you're misunderstanding your master…-

The Yaksha King was a bit reluctant as Yi-Han seemed to think of his master as some kind of madman.

The skull principal wasn't that kind of madman.

Of course, the current mad doppelganger certainly seemed to need stopping.

-Hmm. We should solve the immediate problem first. Disciple of Os. You'll have to help.-

"What should I do?"

Instead of arguing and wasting time, Yi-Han asked immediately.

-Call your master. Not Os, but Os's doppelganger. Hmm. It would be better to call like this rather than just calling. Say you saw new possibilities in Dynamis's arcane magic so you want to challenge Decline again. Say you, Os's disciple, will try to cast Despotis.-

"...????"

Yi-Han hesitated for a moment as several unknown ancient magics came out.

They seemed to be at least small world level magic from the looks of it.

'Can I lie like this about magic I know nothing about?'

However, the enormous resonance of power felt from outside made Yi-Han hesitate no longer.

Yi-Han immediately took out the <Echo Stone> and called the mad doppelganger.

-I'm busy now, so hurry and lead the vanguard.-

"Master. I saw new possibilities in Dynamis's arcane magic. I want to challenge Decline again. I'll also try casting Despo..."

Before the words were finished, the Echo Stone turned off. Then the workshop door opened like lightning.

The mad doppelganger shouted with blazing eyes.

"Is that true!"

-Yah!-