Surviving as a Mage in a Magic Academy Chapter 715

Chapter 715

Sebius chuckled at the sight of his junior burning with enthusiasm.

People facing trials were divided into two types.

One was those who ran away from trials.

And the other was those who actively rushed towards trials.

The junior in front of him was clearly the latter. He could somewhat understand why his Change Location club colleagues wanted to bring in this new junior.

"You seem to be the type that burns brighter the harder things get, huh?"

"?"

As it was just because he had a lot of built-up resentment towards Professor Verduus, Yi-Han tilted his head.

"I just don't like the profess..."

"Professor Verduus's things are hard to touch easily."

Sebius said as he opened the window and went outside. Yi-Han looked at the White Tiger Tower seniors' warehouse with regretful eyes.

'I should remember this.'

An outstanding thief was someone who wisely decided not what to steal, but what not to steal.

In that sense, Sebius, who quietly took only the book he originally targeted and came out, was indeed an outstanding thief.

But Yi-Han was a slightly different style of thief.

He was closer to a thief who would come and take everything if things went wrong.

"Professors are already hard to touch, but Professor Verduus is especially difficult."

"Is there a special reason?"

"Since Professor Verduus has a lot of expensive materials, students tend to target him first. Because of that, Professor Verduus's defenses are more thorough than other professors."

"..."

Hearing about Professor Verduus, who was treated like a treasure beaver among seniors, Yi-Han felt bewildered.

To think a person could be this popular in such a way!

"Fortunately, what we're after is the professor's book, so it's somewhat better. Professor Verduus has probably forgotten he even has it. But it's still difficult. We need to learn at least a few magics before going in. Oh right, how did you open that window earlier?"

Thinking about it now, there were three magics defending the White Tiger Tower warehouse window earlier.

<Paldar Lji's Intermediate Metal Barrier>.

A magic that, when cast on metal objects, caused the metal to change and block intrusion attempts when hostile intruders appeared.

<Asen's Mysterious Enhancement>.

A magic that strengthened and amplified the power of magic itself, which had little meaning on its own but doubled in power when combined with other magics.

<Zenbaya's Intermediate Lock>.

A defensive magic that most efficiently blocked non-physical intrusion attempts. This was the magic Sebius had originally tried to undo.

But when unexpected magics were added and created synergistic effects with each other, he couldn't break through...

He couldn't understand how this junior had opened it.

"If you condense mana and then swing it like a hammer over as wide an area as possible..."

"I see it must be a secret magic of the Wardanaz family."

Despite Yi-Han's sincere explanation, Sebius interpreted it differently.

To answer by saying such an absurd method to indicate he couldn't tell because it was the Wardanaz family's secret magic.

It was indeed an answer befitting someone from Blue Dragon Tower.

"If it's family secret magic, you don't need to tell me. Maintaining secrets is important. It's praiseworthy."

"..."

The junior glared, but Sebius didn't notice.

"If you have such magic, it will surely help in dangerous situations. But you shouldn't rely on that alone. You need other magics."

"What kind are there?"

"You know how to use invisibility magic so that's fine, and you need to know how to break walls too. Have you learned any related magic?"

The lowest difficulty method was magic that converted wood or rock into sawdust or sand, but this took a long time and had a high chance of being detected by surroundings.

As the life of relocation lay in its speed and stealth, faster and more powerful magic was better.

In Sebius's case, he used a combination of <Atuga's Blade Wind> magic and <Rock-Eating Spirit>.

He would cut the wall and then send the spirit through to eat away the wall.

"I learned the <Tutanta Family's Rock Disintegration> magic, but it's not perfect yet..."

"Family secret magic? Can I see its power?"

Even for magic that produced the same result, there could be infinitely many types.

For example, for magic that made a hole in a wall, it was possible to make a hole in a wall in over hundreds of ways.

Transformation magic was possible, enchantment magic was possible, and it was possible with pure elemental magic alone...

Of course, if all these magics had remained, mages' heads would have exploded from complexity.

As they were learning under the current imperial magic system that classified magic based on efficiency, not only mages but also students were bound to find the most efficient magic among these magics.

But there were a few exceptions to this. Family secret magic was one of them.

As it was passed down in the family, there was no reason for it to disappear through competition with other magics.

Instead, it had the disadvantage that even experienced mages found it hard to recognize what kind of magic it was before seeing it directly.

"It will take some time."

"There are magics that take time. I'll wait, so try it."

Yi-Han nodded and took out his staff.

<Tutanta Family's Rock Disintegration> was family magic he had learned from Salko last year, and it had been a magic that gave him headaches from difficulty even then.

Although Yi-Han rarely had difficulty learning magic, this magic was 4th Circle and among the higher difficulty ones at that.

In fact, Yi-Han had even suspected at the time that Salko might have taught it to him to assassinate him.

'Come to think of it, it's infuriating. This bastard. Teaching me when he couldn't master it himself.'

Even Salko himself hadn't mastered it because it was difficult, yet he taught Yi-Han thinking he could do it.

Even now, it was an incomprehensible guy.

After that, Yi-Han had practiced this magic a few times, but he had put it off because the difficulty was too high. He couldn't master all magics when there were dozens of magics to learn.

He took a handful of rock fragments from the rock he wanted to break, prepared the incantation, concentrated, and then...

"In the name of Tutanta, rock, shatter!"

Crack!

As a corner of the empty classroom wall turned to powder as if cut by a knife, Sebius's eyes widened.

The power of the magic was much stronger than he had expected.

And...

"Didn't you say you hadn't mastered it?"

Sebius asked as if he couldn't understand.

The junior had clearly said he hadn't mastered it.

But looking at the casting just now, it didn't seem like he hadn't mastered it at all.

Didn't it activate almost immediately after holding the reagent and chanting the spell?

At this level, it could be considered mastered.

"That's what I'm saying. I thought I hadn't mastered it, but doing it after a long time, it went well."

Yi-Han said with an embarrassed expression.

Even he hadn't expected it to go this well.

Perhaps not practicing for a while had unexpectedly helped.

Or maybe the hardships in between had unknowingly helped...

'Is he crazy?'

Of course, from Sebius's perspective, not knowing Yi-Han's circumstances, the junior looked a bit crazy.

'Is he perhaps doing this to show off?'

From the looks of it, it was quite powerful for 5th Circle magic.

To turn a wall to powder like this at once without additional preparation or time consumption.

If he could use such magic, it was understandable to want to show off, but...

...To go this far?

"I'm glad it went well."

"Thank you."

Sebius, like an experienced relocator, didn't reveal his inner thoughts.

Yi-Han, not knowing the senior's thoughts, was naively moved.

'He really believes what people say.'

"The last magic you need is combat magic. Professor Verduus is notorious for using artificial summons as guards. We'll try to avoid them as much as possible, but some force is needed. Are you confident in combat?"

"Hmm."

Yi-Han pondered slightly on where to start and how to say it.

After pondering, Yi-Han made a decision.

It didn't seem good to bring up Professor Bagrak. The senior might look at him strangely.

It also didn't seem good to bring up the enemies Yi-Han had defeated. It seemed too obviously like boasting.

"I think I can protect myself to some extent."

Sebius nodded at the carefully chosen answer.

As he had just become a 2nd year, and a Blue Dragon Tower student at that, he didn't have high expectations for combat ability.

Rather, such an answer was better. He wouldn't make unnecessary mistakes from overconfidence.

"That should be enough. Let's go."

  *

Sebius took Yi-Han outside the main building.

As soon as they came out of the main building, Yi-Han cast invisibility magic on himself. At this unnecessary mana waste, Sebius whispered.

"Why are you using it already? What about mana?"

"I have my reasons. My mana is fine, so please understand."

"..."

At his junior's words, Sebius made an expression of not understanding but didn't say anything more.

Having decided to relocate together, he had to respect the other's opinion even if they were a junior.

"If you say so, I'll let it pass, but remember this. If you collapse, I can't take you out. I'll escape alone."

"I understand."

Yi-Han answered while looking around to see if there were any 1st year students. Fortunately, there didn't seem to be any new students who had snuck out at night.

'I should prepare countermeasures quickly.'

"Do you know Professor Verduus's Spirit Festival Hall?"

"Yes."

Sebius recalled that his junior was also taking enchantment magic.

Then he would naturally know the Spirit Festival Hall too.

"There are several warehouses near the Spirit Festival Hall. Most are inaccessible, but a few have weakened defenses as a lot of time has passed since magic was cast."

"Why doesn't the professor repair them?"

"He's made so many warehouses that even he doesn't remember well. So students try to raid them more."

"..."

While disciples had no reagents or materials and went outside to take missions, Professor Verduus had piled up so much in his warehouses that he forgot the list of materials he had collected.

No wonder students gritted their teeth and focused on targeting only Professor Verduus's warehouses.

"It's lucky for us. We'll approach and enter one of those warehouses."

"What are the names of the books we need to get?"

"<Introduction to Imperial Investment Law>, <Mage, Don't Repay the Gold Coins You Received as Investment>, <Introduction to Imperial Artifact Trends>, <Genius Enchantment Mage Who Secured a Hundred Investments>, <Imperial Materials Encyclopedia>, <General Treatise on Gemology>..."

"...Ah, no. Isn't that too many? Just how long..."

"He took them all at once."

There was killing intent in Sebius's voice.

Yi-Han felt anew that Professor Verduus was an outstanding mage.

If he weren't an outstanding mage, how could he survive when not only his own disciples but also students who weren't his disciples all wanted to bury him?

"Copper, turn into silver. Silver, turn into gold. Gold, turn into jewels."

As Sebius chanted the password, a thick oak tree rippled and changed into a door.

The two students quickly jumped inside. All sorts of odds and ends were scattered about in disorder inside. Sebius concentrated to grasp the path.

Professor Verduus's warehouses were all naturally occurring labyrinths, so one was bound to lose their way if they lost focus.

Creak-

"Damn, it's a guard! From the entrance..."

Sebius tried to give Yi-Han a retreat signal.

To think there would be a guard roaming from the entrance.

Bang!

"I've caught it!"

"..."