Surviving as a Mage in a Magic Academy Chapter 837

Chapter 837

Regardless, the Blue Dragon Tower friends completely moved Yi-Han.

The White Tiger Tower students flared up and cursed.

"Do you think you can treat Wardanaz?"

"Maybe if it was Immortal Phoenix Tower, but you guys aren't much different in level!"

In fact, when it came to healing magic alone, the White Tiger Tower students' grades were surprisingly better than Blue Dragon Tower's.

Basically, White Tiger Tower students' future aspirations were knight orders or combat-related professions, and in these fields, the necessity of healing magic was important.

Naturally, White Tiger Tower students' grades were excellent as they often got injured while fighting or sparring with each other.

"We'll be better than you, so don't worry!"

"Our sincerity is different from yours!"

The Blue Dragon Tower friends laid Yi-Han down and tried to pull out the branch he was holding.

However, it still wouldn't come out, just like before.

"It must be because of this branch, right?"

"Should we really remove it?"

"No. How did Wardanaz get this?"

All the students gathered now were holding a branch each.

With differences in speed, everyone had eventually received a branch as a gift from the forest.

There were cases of receiving it too quickly like Gainando, or too late like Yi-Han, but...

'If we burn this and Wardanaz wakes up, won't he burn us?'

Everyone knew how much Yi-Han had struggled to receive the branch.

Even while others were resting after obtaining their branches, Yi-Han had kept walking.

At first, friends who thought 'Well, Gainando got it right away, so he'll get it soon' started to change their expressions and whisper when Yi-Han wandered the forest for nearly three days.

-Shouldn't we stop him?-

-I tried talking to him, but he didn't answer. He seems to be under some kind of magic now.-

-Doesn't magic not work on Wardanaz?-

-It looked like he cast magic on himself.-

While they were watching worriedly, suddenly Yi-Han collapsed.

The friends who had gathered waiting to see when he would receive it were shocked and ran over.

-Oh no! Wardanaz!!-

-The forest is catching Wardanaz!-

-Didn't I say so! Wardanaz is hated by spirits, so it could be a trap!-

Whether this could be called fortunate or not, Yi-Han was holding a branch in his hand. It seemed he had finally succeeded in obtaining it.

The problem was that he couldn't get up after obtaining it.

"Strengthening potions didn't work. Awakening magic didn't work either..."

"Wasn't there an old fairy tale? That princess who collapsed after eating the poisoned apple. How did she wake up?"

"The dwarves brought a dark mage and turned her into a lich. Hey. Is this the time to talk about such unrealistic old stories?"

The students were flustered when Gainando scolded his friend seriously.

They were twice as flustered when the usually abnormal friend said something normal.

As various attempts failed, the Blue Dragon Tower students brought out more powerful magic they had.

"Hmm. I have a <Mage Ahiman's Mana Rotation> scroll here. It needs three people to activate."

According to the recorded document, <Mage Ahiman's Mana Rotation> was magic that rapidly circulated mana inside a mage.

When mana circulated rapidly inside a mage, various negative effects or curses caught in it would be unable to withstand and be ground away or bounced off.

Of course, as the level of the magic was high and the required mana quantity was high, three mages were needed.

Gainando immediately raised his hand and volunteered.

"I'll do it."

"Good. Then let's have Adenart, Dalgard, and Kilak do it."

"...Hey!"

Gainando jumped up and down beside them, but his friends ignored him.

It was an expensive and precious scroll, so if they wasted it, there was no place to get another one now.

"Mage Ahiman was a dark mage! I'm from the dark magic school, so I should do it!"

"Mage Ahiman, your junior calls for your power..."

'Who's a junior!'

Gainando grumbled inwardly.

For those who weren't even from the dark magic school to cast it without him.

Thud!

"...Ugh!"

"Ack!"

"...Ngh."

The three students retreated with groans. Their faces were all pale as if their mana had been depleted.

"Potion! Bring potions!"

"Here. Drink this!"

The scroll on which the magic had already been cast had burned black and turned to ashes.

The friends asked cautiously.

"How was it? Did it work?"

"No... Wardanaz has too much mana, so it didn't even budge and the scroll just burned up. We almost depleted our mana."

"..."

The Blue Dragon Tower students looked at Yi-Han with newly frightened eyes.

What kind of guy was he?

Gainando jumped up and down again, saying.

"That's why you should have left it to me!"

"...Lady Ragesa. Won't you really give us advice??"

The Blue Dragon Tower students called the old pirate woman watching from behind.

Ragesa was about to take out her snuff tobacco but stopped and said.

"I told you. Just wait."

"..."

To call that advice!

"We shouldn't have asked."

"As expected. Cruel and cold-hearted like a pirate."

"No wonder she invested in Professor Verduus."

Gainando, who had spat out the last curse, was hung up with a scream. Ragesa grumbled and said.

"You're still making a fuss even when I tell you. Then work hard."

"Ha. We're already doing that!"

Bartreck, one of the alchemy school students hanging from a large cauldron, shouted angrily.

As if supporting the White Tiger Tower dwarf, Siana also shouted.

"When this potion is completed, even dead people will wake up!"

"Yeah. I said work hard, didn't I?"

At Ragesa's sarcasm, Yonaire felt uneasy instead.

'...Is it really just a matter of waiting?'

She had felt it before, but Ragesa acted similarly to the skull principal.

Whether all old mages converged in evolution or they deliberately told the truth and then happily enjoyed watching others struggle in vain.

Nillia asked Ratford with a worried face.

"This potion... I think it might be too difficult for our level..."

"Don't worry. We'll check before feeding it."

The <Dragon Heart Elixir> they were making now was a powerful strengthening potion that had even woken dead people before.

No matter what curse Yi-Han was under, the power of this potion should be able to push it out.

The problem was that the difficulty of this potion was very high. At least 4th year students were needed to make this potion stably.

Yet they were hurriedly making it for a collapsed patient by emptying their backpacks...

"How will you check?"

"We'll feed one drop."

"To whom?"

Ratford glanced and looked towards Gainando.

Nillia said in surprise.

"Th-that's not right! That's too much!"

"What? I thought Lady Ragesa is a strong mage, so drinking one drop of a poorly made potion should be fine... Everyone agreed."

"Ah."

Nillia then realized she had misunderstood.

He hadn't looked at Gainando, but at Ragesa who was giggling while hanging Gainando upside down.

"How are you going to make her drink it?"

"We'll put one drop in her tea. So everyone be quiet after it's completed."

The alchemy school students whispered quietly.

Ragesa was in high spirits, not thinking that 2nd year students would be plotting to secretly put potion in her tea.

Receiving the signal, Jijel exchanged glances with other White Tiger Tower students.

"...Let's fetch water to boil tea while we wait."

"Please get some for me too."

"Lady Ragesa, why don't you get it yourself? You're not even helping your friend."

"I told you this is helping! And you seem to have forgotten, but this daughter of Torgerard is a guest of Einroguard!"

"Understood."

When Jijel glared and accepted, the White Tiger Tower students followed behind her, grumbling.

"It's already annoying to go fetch water, and now we have to fetch water for someone like that too?"

"She's a complete thief."

'Hmm. Something's strange.'

Ragesa, who was shooting bird droppings at the escaping Gainando, suddenly paused.

The instincts she had honed over long years of sailing the seas and fighting enemies gave a warning.

The smell of conspiracy was coming from somewhere!

"Is it you, brat? Huh? What are you hiding?"

"Stop shooting bird droppings and save Yi-Han! You mage who invested in Professor Verduus!"

"I don't know about anything else, but your guts are admirable!"

Ragesa exclaimed, shooting horse dung instead. The mage with nothing had extraordinary guts.

Whoosh!

"Tutanta, what are you doing!"

"I made a mistake. Sorry, everyone."

Smoke spread all around the campsite as if the Black Tortoise Tower students had lit the fire wrong.

Ragesa coughed and gestured.

"You're quite clumsy. Do it properly."

"We've brought tea."

It seemed the White Tiger Tower students had fetched water and the Immortal Phoenix Tower students had brewed tea.

When a student in priest's robes offered tea, Ragesa received the teacup without much suspicion.

After taking a sip, Ragesa noticed a faint scent she hadn't noticed before drinking. She hadn't noticed because of the commotion and smoke around.

"...Y-you brats secretly fed me <Dragon Heart Elixir>?! Don't tell me you used me as a test subject!?"

"She seems fine! Quickly feed it to Wardanaz!"

"You insolent...! And the elixir is useless, I tell you! Right now he's fighting to subdue another spirit in the realm of consciousness..."

Ignoring Ragesa's words, the friends hurriedly made Yi-Han drink the completed potion.

At that moment, Yi-Han opened his eyes.

"...!"

"He, he woke up!!!"

"Wardanaz woke up! Wardanaz woke up!"

"We did it!"

"What do you mean you did it...!"

Ragesa grumbled, feeling her whole body's mana abnormally amplified and circulating due to the elixir.

When the elixir's effect ended, she would feel stuffy for a while as it reversely decreased and stagnated.

'But it's quite good.'

Ragesa honestly didn't think 2nd year students would properly complete the <Dragon Heart Elixir> even if they put their heads together.

They were students from different towers in a tight timeframe. It was a situation more likely to cause fights than cooperation.

But these brats not only combined their strengths, but even those who hadn't learned alchemy played their roles.

The White Tiger Tower kids fetched water without raising suspicion.

The Black Tortoise Tower kids caused a commotion to dull senses and perception.

The Immortal Phoenix Tower kids lessened Ragesa's suspicion with their priest status...

'...But is it okay for those in priest's robes to do this?'

Ragesa let it go for now. This was something each order had to worry about.

"You brat. I wondered why you weren't scared and kept shouting. So this is what you were aiming for."

She thought it strange that this Blue Dragon Tower royal brat provoked without sparing his body, but indeed he had an ulterior motive.

"What are you talking about! Put me down!"

"Alright. Alright."

Thud!

Yi-Han, who had woken up, looked at the campsite set up around him and the gathered friends.

Seeing that everyone had a branch, it seemed Yi-Han had gotten his last.

"...How many days have passed here?"

"It's the last day the Mad Wood King promised. We have to leave today."

'We stayed that long!?'

To think they had stayed for the full allowed period.

Yi-Han got chills, wondering if the Mad Wood King had foreseen this too. Meanwhile, Yonaire hesitated and then whispered.

"Yi-Han. You know, that prophecy. The prophecy about royalty and misfortune."

"...Gasp!"

At his friend's words, Yi-Han suddenly had something flash through his mind.

Hadn't Yukbeltire touched Yi-Han recently when making the staff?

"No wonder...! Royalty really doesn't help in life...!"

"..."

Yonaire unconsciously checked around. Fortunately, it seemed Adenart and Gainando hadn't heard.

"I think I know what you're trying to say, Yonaire. My recent misfortune makes you think of the prophecy, right? Yeah. Come to think of it, I did have contact with royalty recently. No wonder I've been so unlucky."

"Um. You know. Can you listen without being shocked?"

"What are you trying to say? Did Gainando perhaps carry me on his back while I was collapsed?"

"Uh... yeah. The princess too."

"..."

"Wardanaz collapsed again!"