Surviving as a Mage in a Magic Academy Chapter 741

Chapter 741

Although Professor Jorzik was momentarily flustered, as one of the few professors interested in students at Einroguard, he quickly realized the reason.

"It's because you have a lot of mana."

"Yes!"

Yi-Han's face brightened.

Although he had strangely much interest in strange positions, the skills possessed by the professor before his eyes were indeed real.

"How about mana absorption artifacts? The concept of a mage wearing mana absorption artifacts might feel unfamiliar, but..."

"I tried filling them to the limit, but it wasn't very effective."

"Then how about flame absorption artifacts?"

"If I strengthen the output even a little, the artifacts themselves break, so it's not a fundamental solution..."

"..."

Professor Jorzik was flustered for the first time in a while.

He had heard rumors, but to think it was to this extent.

'The rumors were rather underestimated in some aspects!'

"Is there perhaps no method?"

When the student asked with a slightly dark expression, Professor Jorzik shook his head strongly.

Such a question was rudeness itself to a mage who would become Einroguard's principal someday.

"How could that be! As a mage's wisdom is infinite, methods are also infinite."

"Ooh."

Yi-Han sent an expectant gaze at the professor's confidence.

As expected of an elemental magic expert, Professor Jorzik seemed somewhat different.

And 30 minutes later.

Professor Jorzik was looking down at the shattered artifacts around him with a face full of worry while stroking his mustache.

"Um. I'm sorry."

"There's nothing to be sorry about at all, Student Wardanaz. Why should you be sorry for being outstanding as a disciple? I'm grateful there's a student like you!"

"Professor...!"

For a moment, Yi-Han thought he should join the 'Make Jorzik of the Benmalpa Family Einroguard's Principal' group.

Wouldn't replacing Einroguard's principal as soon as possible be for the students' sake?

"There is a remaining method but... hmm. It's a bit difficult method, so."

"It's alright, Professor. I believe in you."

"Thank you, Student Wardanaz. Yes. Someone of your caliber should be able to do it sufficiently!"

Professor Jorzik, who had been pondering, nodded as if he had made up his mind.

  *

"...So that's how you ended up like that?"

The Blue Dragon Tower students whispered upon seeing Yi-Han's appearance.

When they first saw him, they thought a cursed flame evil spirit had attached to him.

Whoosh!

Flames were rising from Yi-Han's body periodically every few seconds...

"Don't worry, everyone. I'm fine. For now."

"For now?"

Despite Yi-Han's words, his friends whispered even more.

No matter how they looked at it, he didn't seem fine. Gainando was even trying to call Professor Garcia.

"Yi-Han's going to burn to death!"

"I said I won't die."

After grabbing Gainando by the nape of his neck, Yi-Han explained to his friends.

When the various flame element training artifacts he had were shattered, Professor Jorzik, after much deliberation, brought out a slightly difficult method.

-From <Bagni's Five Forms> I mentioned earlier, using such artifacts is ultimately to embody the sense of controlling that element.-

-I see...-

-So even if you don't use such practices or tools, if you can embody the sense, you've achieved the purpose.-

-But it's difficult even using practices or tools, how is that possible?-

-Do you know about the method of constantly contacting elements to increase elemental affinity?-

-Yes. Ah. Can I do that with fire elements too?-

-No. Student Wardanaz has too much mana to get used to it that way. A stronger method is needed.-

-Like managing fireplace fires every day?-

-No. It needs to be stronger!-

-...?-

'It's my fault for trusting the professor.'

Yi-Han looked down at himself with a bitter face.

The magic Professor Jorzik had cast on Yi-Han was <Bagni's Flame Bull>.

This magic, which didn't sound like what it was at first, was a highly lethal flame magic that trapped the target in a bull-shaped flame.

Unlike lower magics that summoned fire elements, transformed their shape, and fired them, this had a high difficulty as it required additional advanced attributes since it was cast directly on the target.

Of course, Professor Jorzik hadn't cast this magic to attack Yi-Han.

Professor Jorzik had modified this magic in two directions.

One was a modification applying illusion magic that removed the flame's damage and left only mental pain.

The other was a modification that transferred control of this magic to Yi-Han.

So that Yi-Han could control the flame bull magic himself to push away the flames.

In other words...

Yi-Han had to spend the entire weekend pushing away the flame magic cast on his body so it wouldn't burn him.

If his control loosened even a little, the flame bull magic would immediately damage Yi-Han.

"I-I didn't know Professor Benmalpa was such a crazy person."

"Didn't a senior say he was a pretty good person!"

"I thought so at first too. But I ended up learning that you shouldn't trust Einroguard professors after all."

Yi-Han spoke with a bitter expression.

Of course, from Professor Jorzik's perspective, he had chosen this extreme method because there was no other way, but to Yi-Han, it felt no different from Professor Bagrak's method.

'Could Professor Bagrak's method be the general method in the empire?'

Yi-Han shook his head.

No matter how he thought about it, that didn't make sense.

"But Wardanaz. It's the weekend."

"That's right. It's finally the weekend!"

His friends shouted to comfort Yi-Han.

While subtly watching Yi-Han's reaction.

They were worried he might be taking weekend lectures.

"I rest on weekends too, so there's no need to worry that much."

"Whew...!"

"Hey. What did I tell you? I said even Wardanaz would rest on weekends. Hand over the silver coin!"

Some Blue Dragon Tower students had even made bets as they took silver coins from their friends.

"..."

Yi-Han, who had been watching with a sour gaze, suddenly remembered something and called his friends.

"Right. I have something to tell everyone."

"!"

"A-are you going to escape from the first week?"

"Or the warehouse?"

His friends gathered with expectant expressions, although they thought it couldn't be.

Of course, Yi-Han hadn't gathered his friends for such reasons.

"I didn't call you because of escape or plunder, but because a dangerous person has entered the school."

"The principal?"

"No. Not the principal... Or is it? Anyway, I should tell the seniors about this too."

Yi-Han moved to the common lounge in the tower with his friends.

Fortunately, familiar faces like Perse were visible.

"Senior. I have something to tell you."

"What is it? Is it related to ballgames? Did Hormasi bully you or something?"

Perse seriously worried about Yi-Han as they were in the same ballgame club.

Of course, as he was a disciple directly taught by the principal, fear hadn't completely disappeared yet, but still, he was a junior from the same tower in the same club.

If a madman like Hormasi tried to bully him, he should naturally stop it.

"No. Senior Hormasi just told me to go out together as strikers in an unlimited game."

'Isn't that bullying?'

From trying to persuade a 2nd year junior to go out in an unlimited ballgame...

"Then what is it?"

"A dangerous person has entered the school."

"Are you talking about the principal?"

"...That's not it."

Yi-Han called his friends and the seniors in the common lounge to explain what he had experienced.

The story of the skull principal's mad doppelganger and an evil magic criminal entering the school seemed like something Yi-Han shouldn't know alone after all.

Shouldn't other friends know too, just in case?

After hearing the whole story, Perse shouted in surprise.

"What? That's really serious. Did they perhaps enter the main building?"

"That's not it. They said they're hiding in the outskirts of the territory."

"Ah. That's a relief."

"?"

Not only Perse but all the other seniors also let out sighs of relief.

"I thought they had settled on the 7th floor."

"Well, if they had settled on the 7th floor, we would have known."

"...Uh, isn't it dangerous even if they're on the outskirts?"

Gainando asked, not understanding.

The very fact that there was a mad doppelganger of the principal was a fact scary enough to give Gainando nightmares.

"If it's just the outskirts of the territory, well..."

"It's not like Einroguard only has one or two monsters."

However, the seniors' reactions were more composed than expected.

If they reacted to every dangerous monster in Einroguard, they couldn't graduate.

Even if there was an ancient monster sealed under the school, the skull principal wouldn't wait for graduation research papers.

"N-no."

"It's the principal's doppelganger?!"

Of course, the juniors had difficulty accepting it easily.

They knew well too that there were many monsters in Einroguard.

Giants and mountain-destroying goats roamed the mountains in the territory, and sometimes forgotten monsters crawled up from underground...

Sometimes when bored, it connected to other realms and monsters from there came out too!

But unlike these natural disaster-like monsters, weren't the principal's mad doppelganger and magic criminal threats with very overt intentions?

"Juniors. In my opinion, the principal's doppelganger will be less threatening than the principal."

"..."

"..."

"This is a joke, but the principal knows about it anyway, right? If it's really dangerous, he'll move on his own. He's thorough in those aspects."

"I'm sorry for telling you. But originally, to stay in Einroguard, it's easier to just deal with the monsters in front of you. If you go hunting monsters out there in the outskirts, when will you graduate?"

The seniors showed apologetic but firm attitudes.

The seniors were too busy to go hunting monsters just because they appeared.

"I didn't bring it up with the intention of hunting. I wanted you to be careful."

"Thanks. But most of us will be fine staying near the 7th floor. It might be a bit dangerous for 1st years."

"Eh. Why would 1st years go to the outskirts of the territory?"

"..."

Yi-Han, who had been to the outskirts of the territory despite being a 1st year, kept his mouth shut without saying anything.

'Well, that's true.'

Hearing the seniors' words, there were some parts where his worries rather decreased.

Weren't there far more monsters in Einroguard that students couldn't directly meet and experience threats from, than those they could?

This doppelganger too might naturally be resolved as time passed, as the skull principal said.

'I should act more calmly too.'

"Hey! There's a fire on the 7th floor!!!!"

A senior ran into the lounge, throwing off his blazing cloak.

The seniors who had just been answering Yi-Han's questions with calm and brave attitudes screamed and ran out to the 7th floor.

"..."

"..."

  *

Fortunately, the fire on the 7th floor wasn't that severe.

An immortal eater that had escaped from its cage had only blown up seven or eight buildings, and it could be dealt with immediately thanks to the cooperation of students who were nearby.

"Isn't this severe?"

"Nah. This much is well contained."

The 2nd year students had shocked expressions at the seniors' words.

Yi-Han was puzzled when students appeared in droves from far away even though the firefighting work was all finished.

"Isn't the work all done?"

"Ah. Those are kids from the Stonemason Club. They've come to repair according to contract since buildings burned down."

"They're doing good work."

For Yi-Han, who had experienced Einroguard's strange clubs a few times, just coming to repair according to contract was quite favorable.

The Stonemason Club students who were walking over stopped in front of another intact building. It was a two-story magic workshop.

Then they argued with students who came out of there and swung their staffs.

Crash boom bang!

"..."

The 2nd year students were shocked at the sight of the workshop collapsing before their eyes.

"W-why are they destroying it?!"

"They must have been late on payment. Tsk tsk. That's why I said you should never delay Stonemason Club fees."

"..."