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Surviving as a Mage in a Magic Academy Chapter 744

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Chapter 744

"Haha. Then I'll draw first, Senior!"

The music magic students lined up amicably and started drawing lots.

"Oh."

"What's wrong?"

"You're lucky? It's a pan flute piece. It should be a bit easier since there are no lyrics."

The senior who drew a piece related to the instrument he was confident in brightened his eyes with joy.

The next senior was also satisfied after drawing a trumpet piece he was interested in.

'Huh?'

Yi-Han, who was watching, felt puzzled.

It seemed strange that they kept drawing pieces that matched them well, even if it was understandable for one person.

Moreover, when he focused his senses keenly and checked the drawing box, he felt complex mana flows inside.

"Senior Illeg. Is there perhaps..."

"Shh."

Illeg raised his thick finger and gestured to be quiet. Yi-Han immediately closed his mouth without realizing it.

The bear mixed-blood senior winked and said,

"You really have talent? To think you'd notice this. Yes. This isn't an ordinary drawing."

This box contained principles from Yukbeltire's Calendarium.

As a fellow 5th year, Illeg had borrowed magic from Yukbeltire to construct a simple drawing box.

Although it couldn't calculate all the numerous lectures like the Calendarium, this was enough for a drawing box.

"Wouldn't it be better to tell the seniors?"

"No. It's much better for them to think they drew with their own luck."

"!"

Yi-Han marveled at the senior's thoughtfulness.

He had even prepared such a lie to let other students taste a sense of achievement.

'No. Why does the Immortal Phoenix Tower have a 5th year like this?'

Come to think of it, 5th years from Black Tortoise Tower or Immortal Phoenix Tower were respectable people who could slap ordinary professors.

Compared to that, the 5th year student from Yi-Han's tower was like Professor Verduus's direct disciple...

'...I hope White Tiger Tower 5th years have terrible personalities.'

Yi-Han stood in front of the box with evil thoughts.

-Escape to Shadow Fortress, Violin-

'Dark elements again?'

Yi-Han looked at Ipadour. Ipadour explained the piece as if he had been waiting.

"<Escape to Shadow Fortress> is quite a famous piece. Student Wardanaz. You drew a good piece."

"Is it a dark element enhancement piece?"

"It doesn't seem so... The Shadow Fortress here is a metaphor, not an actual fortress of mages handling shadow magic."

Ipadour slowly explained the origin of the piece.

This <Escape to Shadow Fortress> was a piece based on an old fable, describing a young prince who was an outstanding mage fleeing to a fortress to escape pursuing death.

The young prince used various tricks to change the fortress, and in the end, death didn't dare enter and retreated...

"...Why does that suit me?"

"W-well? Because it's a violin piece?"

Yi-Han gathered the score with a sour face.

Of course, anything would be fine if he could play it, but Yi-Han had wanted a more practical score.

'I wanted something like luck or intelligence.'

In fact, Yi-Han couldn't even guess why this score had been drawn.

Was it to prepare for the perilous 2nd year life?

"Everyone. Read the scores you chose carefully. And let's meet during lecture time from next week."

"Yes!"

The students gathered for music magic nodded and stood up from their seats.

Actually, they had gathered separately today because of the special nature of music magic, but originally there was no reason to gather separately on weekends like this.

"I'll see you next week."

"Wait. Wardanaz."

Illeg stopped Yi-Han, who was about to leave last.

Yi-Han hesitated, feeling nervous for no reason even though he hadn't done anything wrong.

"What is it?"

"Don't come to next week's music magic lecture and rest well. You worked hard alone today."

"...Senior...!"

Despite the dark night, Yi-Han took steps with a warm heart thanks to what Illeg had just said.

'To think there's such a person in the world.'

He felt sorry for the complaints he had thought of while preparing for music magic.

Yi-Han resolved to devote his loyalty to Senior Illeg from now on.

δόξαβασιλείας...

"!"

A humming sound coming from somewhere.

It was common to hear screams, shouts, or incantations in Einroguard. Unlike last year, Yi-Han no longer stopped his steps at every noise.

But the sound he was hearing now had an essentially different aspect from Einroguard's noise.

This was...

'Command magic!'

The presence contained in the voice itself was shaking reality.

As far as Yi-Han knew, only command magic could do this.

And as far as Yi-Han knew, there was only one person who would leisurely wander around humming with command magic in this school at night.

No, there shouldn't be.

"...Principal?"

There was no answer.

Yi-Han quickly drew his staff, cast magic stored in storage, and started bringing out enhancement magics he could use.

However, despite such flawless movements, Yi-Han's instincts started screaming.

His innate, extraordinary sense for detecting mana was telling him about the overwhelming strength possessed by the opponent before him now.

Pop!

As if taking a stroll, the skull principal in human form walked out of the nearby bushes.

However, Yi-Han could intuitively tell that the skull principal before his eyes was someone else.

Although the usual skull principal was quite a crazy person, hard to predict...

The skull principal before his eyes now was exuding an iciness that didn't seem human at all.

"Is it you?"

"Who are you?"

Instead of answering, the other party lightly waved his hand.

The mist surrounding the area and the thick ice shield were torn apart in one strike, and an invisible formless force strongly struck the place where Yi-Han had been standing.

Bang!

Yi-Han was barely able to escape the range of the attack by throwing his body after seeing 1 second ahead with divination magic.

'This is...!'

To think it would have such power even though the opponent attacked lightly.

He felt cold sweat flowing.

Yi-Han tried to predict even one of the opponent's attacks while relying on the divination magic he had cast.

However, unlike Yi-Han raising his guard, the skull principal's mad doppelganger was still throwing an inorganic gaze.

"I came because I heard music magic, but it polluted my ears. How do you intend to repay the royal family's efforts?"

'Isn't this guy crazy?'

Yi-Han immediately realized why he was a mad doppelganger.

To come saying 'Oh, is this music magic?' after hearing music magic, then make a fuss saying 'Is this all the level is!'

Even the main body, the skull principal, wasn't this shameless and lacking in conscience.

"I don't understand what you mean."

For now, Yi-Han played dumb.

What could the other party do if he said he didn't do music magic?

However, this time Yi-Han's prediction was wrong. Originally, madness was unpredictable.

Bang!

Once again, telekinesis-type magic flew in like before.

Although divination was cast, this time he couldn't see it at all despite the momentary warning. Yi-Han realized that the opponent had noticed the divination magic in that short time and used it himself too.

When both mages start using divination magic, prediction usually enters the realm of impossibility.

If he hadn't drawn out mana from his whole body to block it the moment it hit, he would have been neutralized on the spot.

"Kuhak...!"

Yi-Han thought it was fortunate he had received sword training last year.

If he had relied only on magic without raising his physical toughness, he would have been helplessly caught by such an ambush.

'I need to extend the divination period...!'

Even in a fallen state, Yi-Han quickly turned his head.

He didn't know if the opponent was off guard or not, but he had to somehow catch one weak point and escape.

To do that, he had to extend the divination time of about 1 second to make the opponent's divination miss even for a moment.

'Divination magic consumes a lot. The opponent probably only used it briefly to block me, he wouldn't have cast it for long. Just a moment's gap...'

"Your foresight is quite good."

With those words, the skull principal's doppelganger cut off Yi-Han's divination.

Yi-Han realized his divination magic had been blocked.

When the opponent read the future first and firmly blocked various possibilities, Yi-Han's divination as a latecomer stopped moving.

'...He'll respond like this.'

And Yi-Han moved again.

As enormous mana was sacrificed, the time <Bagrak's Momentary Divination> peeked into momentarily lengthened.

When the skull principal's doppelganger realized the opponent had escaped from his palm, his eyes turned cold.

"Darkness, sweep!"

Yi-Han desperately scattered dark elements, then cast a cold element doppelganger while widening the distance.

Rumble-

The surrounding soil suddenly rose all at once and turned into stone walls. Yi-Han cast a rock decomposition spell, trusting his mana.

While he was making a hole and going out, the outside of the stone wall had already turned into quicksand. Before he could step out, sand rose up trying to bind Yi-Han.

But fortunately, Yi-Han had already cast <Gonadaltes' Quickening Agility>.

Along with the enhancement magic, Yi-Han explosively shot mana to his toes and leaped stepping on air.

Yi-Han, who had finally escaped the encirclement, was shocked to see the mad doppelganger standing in front of him.

He had moved through space without giving time to notice.

"I was enraged by the lowly music magic, but your other magic is usable. Good. I shall take you as my disciple."

"Pardon?"

Bang!

The mad doppelganger swung an attack mixed with irritation at the disciple who kept committing disrespect since earlier.

Answering questions with questions, telling lies, forgetting to show reverence...

No matter what family he was from, it was unusually barbaric behavior.

"...!"

However, this time Yi-Han barely endured without flying away. The mad doppelganger threw a surprised gaze for the first time.

"That magic just now, did you use it instinctively?"

"..."

Even Yi-Han himself didn't realize what he had done.

He had just strongly thought he had to block it instinctively because he predicted the power and trajectory of the incoming attack, and somehow blocked it.

"It's a decent shield magic. Don't forget it and research it."

"Th-thank you?"

When the opponent analyzed what he had just done and advised him to make it into magic again in this situation, Yi-Han answered forgetting the situation.

Shik!

The mad doppelganger created a realm rift in the air. Then with one hand gesture, he threw Yi-Han beyond the rift.

Thud!

When the doppelganger himself also disappeared beyond the rift, nothing remained on Einroguard's forest path.

As if the fierce battle that had happened until just now felt like a lie.

"Sit."

"..."

Yi-Han tried his best to stay calm.

He didn't know where he was, but it seemed to be Einroguard territory for now.

'Is it the mountains? All I can see around are cliffs and peaks, and I can't see giants or goats either.'

Yi-Han glanced at his ring, thinking he should call the skull principal.

But the mad doppelganger didn't give him a chance.