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Surviving as a Mage in a Magic Academy Chapter 684

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Chapter 684

The mages came to their senses at those words.

Thinking about it, they couldn't understand why they had been standing still while the boy in front of them was fighting alone.

-What-annoying-bastards-!-

As dozens of spells began to be prepared along with chants, Garisaima frowned.

Mages were always annoying beings due to their cunning, even if they weren't strong.

The spells they were casting now were like that too.

Realizing it would be difficult to inflict direct damage on Garisaima, they were casting weakening spells on this entire space.

<Light of Demon Expulsion>, <Resistance to Evil>, <Strike on Demon Realm Connection>, and so on.

Such weakening spells wouldn't deal much damage to Garisaima, but it would be a different story if dozens were stacked consecutively.

Moreover, some of them were preparing great magic.

Although it would take quite some time, if completed, it would deal considerable damage even to Garisaima.

-Bothered, huh? Why don't you retreat now?-

Ferkuntra seemed to notice Garisaima's inner thoughts and sneered as he suggested.

From the beginning, in a situation where they couldn't easily decide the outcome, the longer it dragged on, the more advantageous it was for Ferkuntra, not Garisaima.

While Garisaima was just relying on the open gate behind him, Ferkuntra had a contractor no less, no, even more amazing than that.

Garisaima, who hadn't expected this, had been defeated from the start.

-An-Einroguard-mage-eh-Your-skills-have-improved-while-I-wasn't-looking-

-Hmm. That's...-

When Garisaima highly evaluated the skills of Einroguard students after seeing Yi-Han, Ferkuntra hesitated.

That was a statistical error similar to including the skull principal when calculating the average skill of imperial mages.

-Alright-alright-I'll-retreat-I-lost-today-!-

At the opponent's declaration of surrender, Ferkuntra rejoiced and whispered to Yi-Han.

-Congratulations! You won!-

-Huh? Weren't you going to trap him in Einroguard's Endless Abyss?-

-...-

Ferkuntra was shocked by this audacious 1st year student.

-How can you trap Garisaima like that! Does he look like some nameless demon to you?-

-Can't you trap named demons too?-

-That's only possible when a demon is deceived, unable to overcome their own greed. It's normally impossible!-

-The principal...-

-Are you him?-

Yi-Han considered talking about the Wardanaz family but stopped. It didn't seem like a good example.

-Garisaima has clashed with Gonadaltes before and knows about Einroguard. Don't underestimate him! It's better to send him back when he's acting cultured. If he goes berserk, how many do you think will die here?-

-I understand.-

Indeed, if the opposing demon knew about the skull principal, he probably wouldn't be trapped in the Endless Abyss.

Rather than that, he'd just kill himself and revive in the demon realm!

-Mage-I'd-like-to-know-your-name-

"The fifth son of the Gonadaltes family!"

-...-

"..."

Garisaima, Ferkuntra, and even Direth looked at Yi-Han as if dumbfounded.

Yi-Han belatedly realized his mistake.

'He said he had clashed with the principal before, how could I make such a mistake!'

While thinking of a mage's name who wouldn't have much problem even if harassed by a powerful demon, the skull principal's name had immediately come to mind.

"Beavle of the Beavle family..."

-Enough-mage-. It-seems-you-don't-want-to-reveal-your-name-

Garisaima chuckled.

-But-innate-power-calls-fate-We-will-meet-again-just-as-we-met-today-Surely-!-

'What nonsense he's spouting.'

Yi-Han was disgusted.

"Demon Duke, do you think you can return safely after destroying the surroundings like this!"

One of the mages preparing great magic shouted with an angry expression.

Garisaima retorted as if incredulous.

-With-what-face-do-you-speak-after-being-entranced-and-thoroughly-watching-the-fight-between-me-and-the-mage-?-

The mages collectively blushed.

It was certainly true.

-Be-satisfied-with-saving-your-souls-today-Where-else-would-you-find-such-luck-!-

As soon as he finished speaking, Garisaima opened a new realm gate.

Even though his power supply had weakened due to the existing gate being sealed by Direth's magic, he easily tore space with his remaining power.

Garisaima bowed elegantly and disappeared beyond the gate. After confirming the realm gate had completely closed, Ferkuntra canceled the unification.

-You did well. I'll be going back now!-

Thud!

Yi-Han collapsed forward. He couldn't put strength into his body.

"...Lord Ferkuntra... I can't... put strength into my body...?"

-Hmm! I guess we used too much power. You'll recover if you rest well. Since you have mana.-

"You clearly said it would just be muscle pain earlier..."

Ferkuntra, perhaps embarrassed, quickly said goodbye and returned to his realm.

Yi-Han cursed Ferkuntra inwardly while collapsed on the floor.

'Spirits really can't be trusted!'

"Junior, are you okay!? Speak if you can!"

Direth ran over in alarm.

She couldn't help but worry when her junior, who had been fighting for a while after summoning a great spirit, collapsed from exhaustion.

"Any pain? Burning pain? Lightning burning your body..."

"I just can't put strength into my body."

"Nothing else? Just that?"

"...What do you mean just that."

Yi-Han spoke with disappointment in his voice.

Someone had collapsed, and she was saying just that?

Direth, seeming to realize belatedly, explained while hiding her embarrassment.

"Th-that's not what I meant. When you forcibly draw out and use a spirit's power or forcibly unify, there's a rebound. Mana exhaustion or the spirit's power burning the flesh... You don't have any of that?"

"No."

Direth let out a sigh of relief.

She had worried about the worst-case scenario, but it seemed that had been avoided.

Exhaustion where he couldn't put strength into his body was getting off very lightly.

"That's really fortunate..."

"You're saying it's fortunate now?"

"You must have misheard. Don't worry. This kind of exhaustion is easy to recover from."

Direth supported her junior to correct his posture and then took out a potion and dropped three drops into his mouth.

"It's White Anemone potion. Don't try to use force, focus on slowly circulating your mana and the sensation returning to your fingertips and toes. When exhaustion is severe, you need to revive sensation first."

"There's a better way."

Yukbeltire suddenly poked her head out and said. Direth was so startled she almost hit her friend's face with the potion bottle.

"What is it?"

"There are excellent healing mages at the mansion where I'm staying. Direth. Wouldn't it be better to entrust him to professional schools rather than first aid? Don't you think that would be better?"

"Ah. If that's the case..."

Direth brightened.

Having a rich friend was convenient at times like this.

"Can I impose on you a bit?"

"Of course."

"It's really helpful that you're rich for once in a long time!"

"Naturally."

When Direth praised her for the first time in a very long time, Yukbeltire also nodded.

'That doesn't seem like praise...?'

Yi-Han thought inwardly but couldn't answer as he was trying to regain control of his body while circulating mana.

"Then right away... Wait a moment."

Direth was about to carry her junior towards Yukbeltire's mansion but stopped.

She felt something was off.

'Was Yukbeltire always this caring about people?'

It was like the feeling she had when she saw the skull principal skillfully persuading and contracting a demon he had summoned...

"...Yukbeltire."

"What's wrong?"

"Why did you ask about this junior's family earlier?"

At Direth's chilly voice, Yi-Han wondered what was going on.

Yukbeltire answered calmly.

"Because I had heard stories about a new student from the Wardanaz family."

"Why did you ask if he was taking dark magic, alchemy, and enchantment magic?"

"Likewise, because I had heard those stories. Why are you asking such useless questions, Direth?"

"Just answer. Then what were you planning to make him do after taking him to the mansion and having him recover?"

"Of course, my research..."

"...Get away, you trash like Professor Beavle!"

Direth swung her staff and spat out curses.

Yukbeltire spoke with a hurt expression.

"Do I look like someone as stupid as Professor Beavle? Take that back, Direth. I can't understand why you're saying such things."

"You're a mage no less... no, almost as evil as Professor Beavle, you know? Hey! Pull this person away! She's trying to kidnap this mage!"

"!"

The mages who had been checking the surroundings and confirming any possible connections to other realms hurriedly ran over.

To think someone would try to kidnap the young mage who had summoned a great spirit and protected them, who on earth...

"...N-no. Miss Yukbeltire..."

"Are you saying Miss Yukbeltire tried to kidnap him?"

Direth, thinking this wouldn't do, poked Yi-Han.

"Junior. You say something too."

"..."

"Quickly! Whose junior are you?"

Strictly speaking, since he had taken both dark magic and enchantment magic, both applied, but Yi-Han knew the enchantment magic senior wouldn't be much help, so he chose the dark magic senior.

"That person tried to kidnap me..."

"!!!"

"Miss Yukbeltire. Come with us!"

"There seems to be a misunderstanding. I was just going to take him to my mansion to help him recover..."

"And then she was going to forcibly drag him into her research!"

"That's kindness."

At the princess's answer, the mages seemed to have grasped who was the worse person.

"Come with us, we won't say it twice!"

"Are you stupid mages trying to interfere with my next research after ruining my artifact? How pitiful."

Yukbeltire left while thoroughly irritating the mages. Only then could Direth feel relieved.

"Please call a healing mage here. I've done first aid, but it seems professionals should handle the specialized treatment."

"Don't worry. We're preparing now!"

The mages who had participated in the exchange meeting expressed their gratitude with respectful attitudes.

Considering what that young mage had accomplished today, no magic was too much.

In fact, the healing mages were now gathering all the reagents they had to prepare the most powerful healing magic.

"Since we used Alhazad's Tears, no matter how severe the mana depletion is, we can recover it right away..."

"Ah. His mana has fully recovered, so please focus on physical recovery."

"?!"

At Direth's words, the mages looked at each other in bewilderment.

The healing mages who had been informed also didn't seem to understand and came directly.

"I'm sorry, but you can't arbitrarily decide the order of healing magic! In this situation, the most important thing is mana. We need to recover mana..."

"Just check the mana."

Direth said with a tired expression.

Since Direth had also used a lot of magic today, she was gradually running out of energy to explain.

The healing mages, still with faces that couldn't understand, checked Yi-Han's mana.

And then they fell backward in surprise.

"H-h-h-how...?!"

"Now that you understand, please skip the mana and focus on other recovery."

"A-alright. Wait. But..."

"What now?"

"Are you perhaps Miss Direth?"

At the healing mage's words, the mages nearby also raised their heads.

Come to think of it, they seemed to have heard Direth's name earlier.