Surviving as a Mage in a Magic Academy Chapter 780

Chapter 780

Pop!

<Ogonin's Light Fog> and <Bagrak's Momentary Divination> were cast instantly without incantation.

<Lesser Magic Storage>, which could store two magics of 3rd Circle or below and cast them instantly, had worked successfully.

Although he should have been happy about cleanly succeeding with magic he hadn't perfectly mastered, Yi-Han had no time for that.

The frost giant was chasing them from behind.

-...Wait, you're not running away, are you?-

The frost giant shouted as if it couldn't believe it.

But no matter how much the frost giant denied reality, the fact that the mages were fleeing far away didn't change.

-How!? Why is an honorable challenger recognized by the king running away?!-

"Let's compete when I have time later! I'll come visit you!"

Yi-Han shouted as if saying "Let's have a meal together sometime."

It might have worked if it was Gainando or the giants of Einroguard, but unfortunately, the other party was an intelligent frost giant. It immediately saw through Yi-Han's intentions.

-So you're fleeing to avoid me now! Such rude mages, even if the king acknowledges you as a worthy opponent, I cannot! I'll change that thought!-

Yi-Han wanted to refute, but he no longer had the luxury as he was running fast while holding his breath.

Fortunately, Ogonin's light fog was enveloping Yi-Han and his friends and interfering with the enemy's vision, otherwise it would have been much more dangerous.

"Gainando. To the left. Princess. To the right. Freeze according to the master's command!"

Along with the incantation, <Pengerin's Cold Element Doppelganger> was fired.

The power of the cold elements abundant in the surroundings gave Yi-Han mental composure. For a moment, Yi-Han had the intuition that he could create one more of these doppelgangers.

"Freeze according to the master's command!"

'Fortunate that it's a cold realm!'

He wasn't sure if this should be called an advantage, but it was somewhat fortunate.

-Hmph!-

The frost giant bent its waist with a thoroughly angered voice and then leaped.

Then it started pushing down the slope with a physical assault. It was a strategy to completely devastate the surroundings regardless of any illusions and doppelgangers obscuring its vision and checking it.

It was simple and crude, but its effectiveness couldn't be denied. Yi-Han, who was preparing the next magic while drawing up mana at that sight, clicked his tongue.

'Should I cancel and block?'

If he canceled the magic he was preparing now, it would mean giving the initiative to the frost giant again.

But he couldn't leave it approaching so quickly...

"Go! Cut off the path!"

"!"

Yi-Han was startled by Gainando's incantation.

Gainando, who had been fleeing at a distance, seemed to have realized the urgency of the situation and joined in.

Seeing him take out a large undead summon and corrosive poison, his intention to destroy a part of the icy slope was clear.

Although the frost giant had powerful physical abilities, it was also quite heavy accordingly.

The thick slope made of glacier looked solid, but once it started cracking, it would shake with even small impacts.

"Quickly! Quickly!"

Gainando gave orders urgently.

Originally, giving such orders that stimulated the rebellious spirit of contracted undead summons repeatedly could lead to rebellion later, but right now Gainando didn't care about such things at all.

'I even used expensive penguin-catching poison, these bastards!'

This ice-corroding poison he had brought to prepare for the ice-void realm was worth a week's worth of snacks.

Even after using that, for the ice to only crack this much...

"Fly!"

"Wh-whoa!"

Gainando screamed in surprise as a chakram-shaped artifact flew in.

It was the artifact summoned by Adenart coming for support.

"Hey! What are you going to do with that!! Summon something big! You idiot!"

Gainando jumped up and down, thinking what could be done with just a round-shaped weapon, but Adenart paid no attention.

The power of the chakram artifact wasn't what mattered.

Clang!

The potion hanging on the artifact was accurately dropped and fell onto Gainando's undead summon, the thorn revenant.

Yi-Han, befitting the top student of the alchemy school, immediately recognized what kind of potion it was.

That was...

'Undead explosion potion!'

It was a powerful potion made by an imperial alchemist who went on a subjugation during the previous undead crisis, exploding undead it touched and damaging the surroundings.

It was quite tricky to make and unstable, plus it had a short shelf life, so there was no reason to have it unless subjugating undead...?

'Surely it's not because of Gainando.'

Bang!

The effect was excellent.

The soul of the thorn revenant, which had been wearing thorns sticking out all over its large body like armor, reacted with the potion and exploded on the spot.

Unable to withstand the impact, the slope on the glacier began to crack with a creaking sound. Gainando screamed.

"You! You!!"

How dare she unsummon his summon?!

"Are you crazy?!?!?!"

"W-wasn't that why you sent the undead?"

Adenart answered in a bewildered voice.

Given the time, it was impossible to destroy the slope with Gainando's undead and poison.

Of course, she thought Gainando had deployed this undead intending to explode it...?

"What crazy dark mage throws their undead prepared to explode it!!"

"Of course, an unsummoned spirit might be dissatisfied, but if you explain the situation, they'll understand..."

"Undead are different!!"

While spirits might have the generosity to understand if well explained even when unsummoned due to unavoidable accidents, undead were basically narrow-minded and full of complaints, so most only thought about stabbing the mage in the back.

Unless you were going to threaten and intimidate like Yi-Han, dark mages couldn't handle them too roughly.

"Do you know how I contracted with it! You... you ignorant thing who doesn't know anything about dark magic!"

"!"

Adenart was so shocked that her already pale face turned even whiter.

To be called ignorant about magic by this half-brother!

"Yi-Han! Say something to this idiot who doesn't know dark magic!"

However, Yi-Han couldn't answer.

He was in the middle of completing a spell.

"Fire. Rise up and become a barrier!"

Whoosh!

Fire began to rise above the broken slope cliff.

This fierce fire would surely act as a barrier to prevent the frost giant from crossing over.

Adenart was about to ask 'Should I learn a little about dark magic?' but stopped.

'Isn't it... strange?'

The power of the fire barrier magic seemed too strong compared to expectations.

...Even if he overinvested mana, was this power possible with <Lesser Fire Barrier>?

"Guys. Run!!"

"Huh? Why? Can't it not cross over?"

Gainando asked puzzled, but soon realized why they had to.

The widely risen fire barrier began to expand its range as if going berserk.

It was much faster than the frost giant.

"Is a f-fire barrier usually this aggressive...?"

"I said run!"

"O-okay!"

The three began running like mad.

Adenart finally realized what Yi-Han had done.

He must have cast <Lesser Fire Barrier> to form the shape on top of the slope cliff, then crazily poured in mana to make the magic go berserk.

Such magic going berserk was uncontrollable even by the mage himself, but it certainly produced power beyond magic. The fierce fire surging behind them now was proof of that.

"How... until it went berserk... mana...?"

Adenart asked, not letting go of her curiosity about magic even in this situation.

It was very difficult to intentionally create magic going berserk.

First, it was hard to provide the cause, and even if Wardanaz overinvested with his characteristic overflowing mana, maintaining the magic's form until it went berserk was no ordinary feat.

Was such magic control really possible?

Not knowing that Yi-Han had been crazily suppressing and controlling every time he cast fire element magic until quite recently, Adenart couldn't help but be surprised.

"Pardon? I didn't hear well."

"Until it went berserk, mana... how..."

"Let's talk about it later!"

"..."

Seeing Yi-Han blatantly changing the subject, Adenart wondered why he was acting like this.

...Could this person be changing the subject thinking she was reproaching him?

"I'm not trying to bla..."

-Challenger! Just you wait! I will surely make you acknowledge me. Keep the duel until then!-

"...I really should avoid cold realms from now on."

  *

Asan and Raphael moved through the rainforest realm, sweating profusely.

This realm area filled with all kinds of giant plants was humid and hot, easily tiring mages.

"We... we seem to have... gotten the... hardest place..."

"...I agree."

The summoning magic school students who joined later also nodded as if agreeing.

If they listed the hardships experienced by students who fell into the rainforest realm, it was truly unrivaled.

First, Asan landed near man-eating plants as soon as he fell and had to hurriedly escape. If he hadn't prepared fire artifacts, it would have been really dangerous.

Raphael lost his supplies due to realm transfer instability and almost drank poisonous water while trying to secure drinking water. It was fortunate he had antidotes because he was from the dark magic school, otherwise he would have been disqualified immediately.

Another student almost got buried alive in a pit after stealing a giant turtle's eggs to secure food, and yet another student had to flee up a tree after being chased by an angry pack of velociraptors...

"The forest has ended. Look over there!"

The students pointed with excited voices.

As if announcing the end of the rainforest realm, the central area of the realm was revealing itself.

The central area of the realm was a huge rocky mountain area covered by magical fog and clouds, and the map said it was "relatively safe".

It was a somewhat suitable place to set up camp and gather with other students.

"There's Wardanaz!"

"Wardanaz! Over here!"

Students who spotted Wardanaz's group walking in the distance cheered and fired signal magic.

They must have seen it too, as magic immediately rose in response. The students forgot their fatigue and hurriedly ran to join up.

"Good work, everyone. I didn't expect to rendezvous this quickly. We were lucky."

"Lucky, you say. Wardanaz. Do you know how much we suffered?"

Raphael said in a tired voice.

Considering the misfortunes they experienced after falling into the realm, this much luck wasn't satisfying at all.

"Well. The rainforest realm must have been tough with all the giant plants."

As soon as Yi-Han's words ended, the students began spewing words as if agreeing.

They had been through so much that they couldn't bear it unless they vented to Yi-Han at least.

"That's what I'm saying, Wardanaz! That turtle bastard kept... just because we stole one egg..."

"Do you know how annoying those raptor bastards are?"

"Fortunately I had prepared a flame dagger in advance, otherwise I would have been subdued immediately..."

While the friends were chattering thanks to venting first, Raphael, who had been standing quietly, asked Gainando.

Gainando was still gloomy because of the unsummoned undead summon.

"Didn't you guys encounter anything?"

"We met a frost giant and ran away."

"...How?"

"We broke the glacier and burned everything around to escape..."

"..."

Raphael was shocked.

'This bastard. He deliberately waited for us to speak first...!'

To make it look like Raphael's group had whined about trivial hardships!