Surviving as a Mage in a Magic Academy Chapter 779

Chapter 779

"Because of you! Because of you, I...!"

"Are you really crazy!? I'll get revenge!!"

Gainando cried out while sobbing, but the world of mage duels was cruel. Once you lost the initiative and started getting hit, it wasn't easy to counterattack.

Adenart summoned a chakram-shaped artifact in mid-air.

Befitting a mage majoring in summoning magic and enchantment magic, Adenart skillfully combined these two to connect them into attacks.

The round blade-shaped artifact secured mana each time it rotated in the air, and simultaneously used that mana to fire magic missiles.

Thud thud thud!

"My vision is shaking... Ugh!"

Gainando, who was trying to cast curse magic to buy time, was hit mid-cast and lost concentration.

'Dark magic sucks!'

Gainando blamed the unreasonableness of dark magic that required chanting long spells to counterattack.

Summoning mages could do other things once they summoned something!

"Huff... huff!"

Gainando, who was running hurriedly down the snowy slope, quickly threw his body sideways. Then the prince's figure disappeared 'whoosh' downwards.

'...Oh no!'

When Gainando disappeared from view, Adenart realized her mistake.

As expected of an Einroguard student, he was clearly trying to secure time by escaping from view before counterattacking.

But instead of cowering and retreating, Adenart calmly took out a potion.

Although she received less attention because there was a strange genius in the same year, Adenart was originally a genius who chose 3 school majors.

She was a student who even received the question "Are you really sure??" from Professor Garcia.

As an outstanding student of the alchemy school, Adenart took out and drank the <Sensory Enhancement> and <Mana Amplification> potions she had made, then summoned one more chakram.

'...Come!'

Adenart glared ahead with the clearest and most distinct hostility she had felt since entering school.

She would surely deliver divine punishment to this half-brother!

"...??"

However, no counterattack came. Adenart checked the bottom of the slope, thinking it couldn't be.

Instead of preparing a counterattack using dark magic, Gainando was digging into the snow and fleeing far away.

"!"

"You'll see! I'll get revenge!"

"Ha! Do you think you can escape!"

Gainando, thinking he had already put enough distance between them, elegantly raised his middle finger and cursed at his half-sister.

Seeing that, Adenart gritted her teeth, determined to chase him down and finish him off.

And Yi-Han arrived.

"...What are you two doing?"

"..."

"..."

  *

The fog of war always easily reversed advantages and disadvantages.

A mage who was once advantaged could become disadvantaged, and conversely, a disadvantaged mage could become advantaged.

And Gainando, who had been beaten and fleeing, suddenly became very advantaged.

Thanks to Yi-Han appearing in the direction he was fleeing, he could tattle first.

"$#@$%$#%! ■■■■■!"

The excited Gainando started rambling with content like 'All imperial royals are cruel tyrants!'

Of course, it was hard to understand because he was trying to say too much at once.

-Wow! It's a language I've never heard before!-

"That's not a new language, it's just imperial language."

When the baby basilisk showed interest, Yi-Han quickly stopped it.

Only after his excitement subsided could Gainando finally convey what he was trying to say.

"So you gave me a sandwich as a gift, and the princess got angry and started attacking?"

"She must have attacked me to eat both of them!"

"..."

Yi-Han looked at Gainando very suspiciously.

No matter how he thought about it, there seemed to be another secret Gainando wasn't telling.

"The princess does have a strong appetite, but she's not someone who would attack a comrade to steal food, is she?"

"Yi-Han. You said it yourself! You never know what people will do when they get hungry!"

"Right... I did say that. When you said you'd be the food warehouse keeper..."

Yi-Han spoke in a cold voice.

Those words were what he had said when Gainando asked him to put him in charge of the food warehouse.

"Did I? Anyway! The point is Adenart attacked me first! Even though I shared my sandwich!"

"Wa... Wardanaz."

Adenart arrived from afar, panting heavily.

Having run through the snowy path, Adenart was breathing heavily.

Gainando looked at her as if she was detestable and whispered.

"She's pretending to be tired! Don't be fooled!"

"Th-there are circumstances here."

"She's going to say she was hungry! She'll say she was really too hungry! Don't be fooled!"

"...Gainando. Step away for a moment."

Yi-Han pushed Gainando away to hear Adenart's words.

After catching her breath, Adenart explained as elegantly as possible why she had attacked her half-brother.

But Adenart was mistaken about one thing.

That sometimes, no matter how elegantly you say certain facts, they don't become elegant.

"...Ah. So you attacked Gainando because you were too angry at the fact that the sandwich was switched?"

"That's right! Wardanaz."

Adenart shouted happily, thinking Yi-Han understood.

-Um... Is that person a glutton?-

"She certainly is that type."

-How does she compare to that person over there?-

"In my opinion, they seem similar."

"??"

Adenart tilted her head as Yi-Han spoke to his sleeve in an incomprehensible language.

Was he perhaps cursing her half-brother?

  *

The two barely made up.

"..."

"Hmph."

"It's good to see you make up. Don't attack each other, and help each other with noble dignity if you're in mortal danger. Just do that much. I don't expect more."

Yi-Han was a realistic person.

In a situation where they had to explore an uncertain realm anyway, there was no room to dramatically improve their relationship.

'It's impossible even at Einroguard.'

"Although there was some commotion, it can be said that the three of us gathering like this is lucky. Let's move to the central area as quickly as possible."

"Yi-Han. When and how will we rest and eat?"

"Wardanaz. Did you see any beings from other realms on the way?"

Gainando and Adenart each asked questions they thought were important.

And Gainando quickly changed his words.

"Actually, I was going to ask about beings from other realms too!"

"..."

While Gainando's half-sister sent a very contemptuous gaze, Yi-Han separated the two and spoke.

"I haven't met any monsters on the way yet. Don't let your guard down, as there must be ones that detect the aura of outside intruders."

The natives of realms usually didn't like intruders coming from outside.

Those intruders naturally included mages, and such active attackers were one of the main culprits raising the difficulty of exploring other realms.

-Master. We met spirits!-

"..."

-Master? Can't you hear me? We met a few cold spirits on the way! They ran away when they saw Master!-

The baby basilisk chattered eagerly, wanting to help Yi-Han.

Yi-Han smiled and pressed his sleeve firmly. The baby basilisk, whose mouth was tightly shut, struggled without knowing why.

"...Yi-Han. Didn't the basilisk just make a crying sound?"

"It says it's hungry. Haha."

"What a glutton!"

Gainando mocked the baby basilisk.

How could it be so greedy?

-Di... mmph... mmph!-

The baby basilisk tried to retort with angry hissing, but to no avail.

"Wardanaz?"

"Yes?"

"There are spirits over there."

"Aren't you mistaken? There's no way spirits that haven't run away yet would..."

Inadvertently letting out the truth, Yi-Han turned his head in the direction Adenart pointed.

Surprisingly, a few hedgehog-shaped cold spirits were playing on the upper part of the slope.

"Perhaps they're special spirits that don't run away even after seeing me?"

"W-well, I'm not sure about that either..."

Adenart floundered, not knowing how to answer the awkward question.

Honestly, it didn't seem like it...

-Master. You already have many beings serving you, right? Why do you need spirits like that??-

The baby basilisk tilted its head and expressed puzzlement.

Hadn't powerful and evil beings contracted with Yi-Han, starting with the baby basilisk itself, then the griffin, Ferkuntra, and so on?

"...Don't you feel something strange while saying that?"

-???-

The baby basilisk didn't realize what was strange.

Isn't it good if the contracted summons are strong and evil?

"First, I'd like to negotiate with those spirits and ask for directions."

"That's a good method. Princess. I'll cheer you on."

"...W-well. I'll go..."

Neither Yi-Han nor Gainando were mages who gained favor with spirits.

Adenart moved her steps, feeling unnecessarily sorry (only to Yi-Han).

"Yi-Han."

"?"

"I've never seen such huge ice before."

Gainando looked around while waiting for Adenart.

He hadn't been able to properly look around earlier because he was hit by Adenart as soon as they arrived.

"It's an ice shelf. You'll often see them when roaming cold-type realms."

Yi-Han explained the huge ice plain terrain.

Mages wandering other realms had to become familiar with all such natural geography.

"What's that gap over there?"

"It must be a crevasse."

"Then what's that huge mass?"

"That's a frost giant's head..."

Yi-Han paused mid-explanation.

Something was strange.

"Wardanaz. Frost giants appear here. We should move east."

Adenart, who had just finished negotiating and come down, explained.

Adenart turned her gaze, puzzled as the two kept staring in another direction instead of reacting.

"Why are you...?!"

A frost giant was suddenly climbing up from under the glacier. Each time it drove its huge fingers into the glacier, cracking sounds could be heard.

Thud!

Finally, the frost giant completely landed on top of the glacier.

It was similar in size to the giant race appearing in the Einroguard mountains, but its eyes flashed with cunning and intelligence not seen in giants.

And hostility too.

-Intruders?-

"...We are mages."

Yi-Han carefully spoke while restraining his friends who were about to flee immediately.

Although beings from other realms were relatively hostile, fleeing or attacking without talking could rather be like pouring oil on the fire.

If negotiations succeeded, it would not only reduce danger but also be of great help in realm exploration.

'What can I propose to the other party? Think. Frost giants are...'

-Wait. Is that...?-

The frost giant trailed off, pointing at the end of Yi-Han's staff.

Embedded there was the blue gemstone he had received from the King of Frost Giant before.

'Ah!'

Yi-Han thought of a way to persuade the frost giant and shouted.

"That's right. This is a jewel received from the King of Frost Giant!"

-Then you are that honorable challenger! I've heard rumors about you!-

"My! What an amazing coincidence!"

Yi-Han shouted, pretending to be even more amazed at the other party's reaction.

"To think I'd meet someone who knows about that incident like this. It seems fate is watching over us. Since this is an opportunity, would you like to exchange what we need with each other?"

-Oh, I have something I need!-

"What is it?"

-Honor!-

"...How will you obtain that..."

-The honor of defeating an honorable challenger recognized by the king!-

Yi-Han immediately gestured. His friends quickly ran away.