Surviving as a Mage in a Magic Academy Chapter 893

Chapter 893

'This is why false information is dangerous.'

Yi-Han resolved to think twice before spreading false rumors in the future.

"If that's true, they're truly evil and disgusting intruders!"

"I-is that so? But junior, just because they stole the principal's treasure doesn't necessarily make them more evil..."

Caten was flustered, wondering why the always cool-headed top student junior was getting so angry.

Jourin explained in a small voice from the side.

-It seems to be because Yi-Han is Gonadaltes' disciple.-

"I see..."

To Caten, the skull principal was just a strange great mage with an unfriendly personality, but for a direct disciple, it was understandable to be angry at such theft.

"Though you seem cool-headed, junior, you're quite sentimental deep down."

-Jourin thinks so too...-

"What are you doing there? Hurry up!"

Yi-Han got angry when Caten and Jourin weren't moving and were whispering behind him.

  *

Mages were basically frail beings.

Of course, the power of the magic they used was strong and destructive, but the mages themselves were ultimately weak and vulnerable mortals.

That's why experienced adventurers didn't fear mages that much. There was even a saying among adventurers:

-Novice adventurers tremble just hearing rumors of mages, but experienced adventurers calmly prepare.-

There were various ways to deal with them.

Interrupting their spell casting, ambushing before they could cast, breaking their concentration by confusing them, muddying the surrounding mana...

The <Shadow of Kangla> adventurers who had infiltrated Einroguard were naturally seasoned in dealing with mages.

Moreover, as they were infiltrating Einroguard, hadn't they come with much more additional preparation?

But there was something these adventurers had never experienced before.

That was over dozens of mages tracking them by any means necessary.

-Stay calm. They may be many, but they're just novices who've never experienced real combat. We can easily deceive them...-

-There are the intruders! There are the intruders!-

-Damn it! My device found them first! My device found them first, I tell you! Hormasi! Can't you hear me?-

-I can't hear you! My dog found them first! Kill them!-

-...-

The confidence they had tried to maintain at first disappeared within minutes.

Einroguard students started tracking down the adventurers in an instant.

-Grrrr!-

"Isn't that a Cerberus?! Why are they raising that in a school?! Shouldn't imperial law have banned it?!"

"This is no time to worry about that. Blade-wielder! Run this way! Tear the fog spell scroll so they can't follow us!"

"The spell scroll won't activate!"

-The Kitchen Club blocked the spell scroll! Did everyone see?! It's our achievement!-

-What are you bragging about! Don't even think about claiming rewards for that!-

"These insolent brats! They keep crawling up endlessly because we're going easy on them!"

Being chased like this by young students finally caused one of the adventurers to explode. As they were all gathered evil ones, their patience wasn't very deep.

The Blade-wielder drew the sword strapped to his back and chanted a spell.

"Drink blood and tear the enemy!"

As the sharp blade grazed the Blade-wielder's finger, drops of blood formed. As the blood was absorbed, the sword trembled viciously and emitted a faint red glow.

"Ha!"

With a shout, the Blade-wielder swung his sword. The beam of light from an artifact flying from afar was annihilated.

This sword was also a powerful artifact that could erase low-level magic.

The Blade-wielder held his breath and erased his presence. Hiding among the bushes, he thrust his sword straight into the unfortunate student running at the front.

Thud!

The Blade-wielder was certain of his success from the sensation felt at his fingertips.

"You mage bastards, see this! Keep following and I'll make you all like..."

"I caught him! I caught him!"

"?!"

The student who should have had his breath cut off giggled and grabbed the Blade-wielder's wrist.

Then he cheered to his other friends that he had caught him. The Blade-wielder's spine chilled at the eerie sight.

"What kind of crazy...?"

The Blade-wielder hurriedly pulled out his sword. Other mages were already approaching. There was no time to waste.

Whoosh!

With a spell, the branches near the Blade-wielder transformed into blades and aimed for the intruder's neck.

At the same time, pebbles on the ground changed into sharp throwing knives and flew up. The Blade-wielder swung his sword to erase the magic.

However, unlike before, the magic wasn't erased. When he opened his eyes wide and looked, the light the sword had been emitting had disappeared.

"This can't be... Ugh!"

"I caught this bastard! Hand over the treasure!"

"Hey! I caught him all by myself! I sealed that sword!"

"Even if you hadn't sealed it, we could have caught a guy who acts cocky relying on such an artifact, you know?"

The students argued over who would take the treasure as the completely subdued Blade-wielder watched.

The student who still had a large hole in his body grumbled.

"I went to the trouble of applying blood conversion to seal the sword and..."

"Hmph. If it were me, I would have caught him right away without getting stabbed. You couldn't even catch him first, so what are you saying."

"Hey. This bastard was hiding so well! How could you find that while under transformation magic!"

"Everyone. Stop arguing and let's find the treasure."

The Blade-wielder glared at the students with bloodshot eyes, but to the Einroguard students, the Blade-wielder was already outside their interest.

Senior Einroguard students had been through too many dangers to be scared of such an adventurer.

"There's... no treasure!?"

"Damn it! We caught the wrong one! I thought it was strange he came out separately to draw attention!"

"Wait a minute, friends. It looks like this intruder wants to say something."

When the tightly bound Blade-wielder mumbled, the students expectantly loosened the paralysis for a moment.

"Are you perhaps trying to tell us where you hid the treasure? If you tell us, we might consider it as a mitigating..."

-I'll kill you all! You brat mage bastards!-

"...Really. Of all the ones to catch, we caught this guy."

"Tie him up again, tie him up. Let's send him to the Death Knights."

"Isn't it a waste? Can't we use him for magic experiments?"

"Don't say such dangerous things. The skull principal will make a fuss."

"Why is it okay to do magic experiments on students themselves but not on outside intruders?"

"In my opinion, I think the principal is trying to monopolize the fun for himself."

-...-

The Blade-wielder learned for the first time that calm conversation could be more terrifying than rough threats.

He had often heard that Einroguard mages were on a different level from mages elsewhere, but he hadn't known it was to this extent.

They were too different from the mage kind he had thought of until now.

  *

"No way. This many were caught??"

Yi-Han, who arrived late, was surprised to see seniors taking a light break after hanging the intruders at the foot of the mountains.

Far more intruders had been caught than he had expected.

'Did Antagondal perhaps get scammed?'

He had thought they would be impressive people since Antagondal had trusted and entrusted them, but for so many to be caught already...

"Ah. Maybe only a small portion were caught here and there are many more intruders remaining..."

"Huh? No. We tortu... I mean, interrogated them, and we've caught almost all of them. Only a few are left."

"..."

Yi-Han started to get confused about whether the seniors were amazing or these adventurers were mediocre.

The <Shadow of Kangla> party had literally fallen apart. Most of their members had been caught in an instant after being detected once, so calling it falling apart was putting it nicely.

The preparations they had brought in were meaningless. Even if they blocked once or twice, the students kept pushing with sheer numbers without rest.

If they blocked divination magic tracking with a spell scroll, they would track with magical creatures, if they threw off magical creature tracking with flower scents, they would track with search artifacts...

This result came just from being detected once. It was truly unfair from the intruders' perspective.

"Hmm. They might indeed be unremarkable adventurers after all. Antagondal might have been scammed..."

-Mmm. That might be so.-

Jourin agreed with Yi-Han's conjecture from the side.

As Antagondal was a magic criminal, there must have been limits to the adventurers he could hire.

Moreover, who would want to enter Einroguard?

So he must have had to forcibly hire such low-skilled people...

Yi-Han and Jourin had an insulting conversation that would have made the <Shadow of Kangla> adventurers weep tears of blood if they heard it.

"By the way, have you perhaps not seen Professor Ingurdel?"

"Professor Ingurdel? He went inside earlier saying he would catch the intruders."

"As expected, the professor is different. We've half given up now, but he's still going to catch them until the end."

The seniors admired Professor Ingurdel's persistence.

The students gathered here were half giving up on the skull principal's treasure that hadn't appeared despite catching so many.

However, Professor Ingurdel was continuing the pursuit regardless. It was a choice only possible with the greed to get his hands on the treasure no matter what.

Was this the difference between students and professors?

"...No. You're saying he's really doing this for the treasure? Why on earth? If it's the principal's treasure, shouldn't the principal step up?"

"I think exactly the same! Isn't it cheating for a professor to jump into the competition?"

The students all agreed with their praiseworthy junior's point.

Honestly, someone at the level of a professor shouldn't covet the skull principal's treasure. They should yield to the students.

'Should I just give up?'

Yi-Han pondered slightly.

Looking at the number of intruders the seniors had caught now, even if Professor Ingurdel caught all the remaining intruders, it wouldn't be that many.

Then even if those intruders came out as the exam during midterms, it wouldn't be that difficult...

'What crazy thoughts am I having. Even one is dangerous enough.'

Fighting adventurers who had been through thick and thin outside wasn't something to be relieved about just because their numbers decreased. It was right to just stop them unconditionally.

"I didn't know Professor Ingurdel was this greedy."

"It might be because of the exam."

"That's even more terrifying."

Yi-Han blanched at Professor Boladi's words.

If he was doing this purely out of desire to use the intruders for the midterm exam, not out of greed for the treasure, it was even scarier.

-Found the intruders!-

"!!"

As Yi-Han was pondering, he heard shouts from far away.

Then the seniors simultaneously started fighting.

"Shadows, cover the enemy's eyes!"

"Earth! Bind them!"

"Fog, direction..."

-W-why are they doing that?!-

For a moment, Jourin wondered if the students had been affected by some magic. Caten kindly explained.

"They're trying to check others and go first, Your Highness."

-...-

Jourin, who had been looking at them pathetically, asked Yi-Han.

-But Yi-Han, if you're looking for Professor Ingurdel, shouldn't you go that way?-

"Ah... I was thinking of giving up since it seems too late."

Yi-Han was thinking he should just give up and face the intruders in the midterm exam.

The seniors' fight was already this fierce, so how difficult would it be to stop Professor Ingurdel?

-Yi-Han! You mustn't give up! You must get your hands on Gonadaltes' treasure first!-

'That's a false rumor.'

Yi-Han wanted to stop Professor Ingurdel from capturing the intruders, not get the treasure.

However, Jourin paid no attention and spread her wings wide, forcibly putting Yi-Han on her back.

-Let's go! Jourin will take you there!-

As the dragon soared into the air, the seniors who had been fighting each other looked up at the sky in surprise.

Flying on a dragon?!