Surviving as a Mage in a Magic Academy Chapter 766

Chapter 766

But Agdung didn't stop answering.

As a senior from the same dark magic school, he couldn't stop academic curiosity...

...And what could he do if the Imperial Mage Administrator's disciple said he was asking for extermination purposes?

He just had to pray for him to do well safely.

Beaver-Penguin-Fox: How did you finish the analysis so quickly? I really can't believe it...

"This map and analysis seem really amazing, Senior. Does Kalaroguard have special education?"

"An Einroguard student shouldn't ask if there's special education... And that's because the professor wrote it."

'Ah.'

Yi-Han, who had asked just in case since the other party was more surprised than expected, realized.

It was natural for the other party to be surprised since he was speaking based on what a Kalaroguard professor had analyzed and written before.

Gonadaltes: Huff. This much is basic. Why can't an Einroguard student do even this much?

Beaver-Penguin-Fox: ■■ ■■ ■■...

Instead of writing curses, the other party filled in black squares with ink.

That alone was enough to convey what they wanted to say.

'This senior definitely has a dirty personality.'

Yi-Han complained inwardly.

To have such a reaction when he was just pretending to be an ordinary senior.

Beaver-Penguin-Fox: More than that... Could it be really... Pri... Princ... Never mind.

The other party seemed to give up after trying to scribble something, erasing the letters again and returning to the main point.

Beaver-Penguin-Fox: Do you perhaps have information about methods to purify the contamination source too?

"Senior. Do you have any advice about purification?"

"Hmm. Just a moment... Here it is. The professor says he left an artifact staff made of peach wood nearby just in case."

"Oh. What kind of artifact is it?"

Professor Taswhan was someone who knew well that Einroguard could become as evil and violent as possible.

As things could go wrong if only students visited someday, he had installed artifacts around in preparation for that time.

"Let's see... This artifact is... Oh. Professor. Why do you like Three Kingdoms era script so much?"

Although he was kind to Agdung, he couldn't help but be annoyed that the professor had scrawled in old script instead of standard imperial script.

"This is... What was it... Purification? Purify? Spirit?"

"It looks like Seohalin Kingdom script, not Three Kingdoms era script."

"Ah. You're right."

Agdung, who was nodding at Yi-Han's point, paused.

"You said you were a 2nd year?"

"Yes."

"...It's nothing. Well, let's read again... Ah. It's an absorption artifact."

The artifact Professor Taswhan had left long ago was a powerful artifact that could draw in surrounding contamination sources at once.

Instead of searching for contamination sources scattered in the nearby underground one by one, if they could overturn the earth and water to draw out contamination sources, the work would become much easier.

'No. Isn't this too much?'

Yi-Han was shocked.

Even for a professor, making an artifact of that level would have taken quite a lot of time and effort.

To just leave such an artifact on Einroguard's 7th floor and depart.

Could Kalaroguard be a wealthy magic school unlike Einroguard's dark magic school???

'Please don't let that be the case... Huh! What am I thinking.'

Yi-Han deeply reflected on his own wicked thoughts.

It was good if other dark mages lived wealthy lives, he shouldn't be jealous of that.

"Senior. May I ask one more thing?"

"Anything. Ask comfortably."

"How is Kalaroguard financially?"

"Kuh. Kuhak."

Agdung almost spilled the water in the cup he was holding.

'I should put it down.'

Although he couldn't drink water anyway in skeleton state, he had been holding it for the feeling, but it almost caused an accident for nothing.

"Ka... Kalaroguard may not be as good as those Baldur bastards, but we help each other and get along well."

"?"

Yi-Han felt puzzled about two parts.

First was the "may not be as good as ~ but we help each other and get along well" part.

That was usually...

'Something that comes from a poor school.'

Even Einroguard's dark magic school often had things like "We may not be as well-off as other schools, but we still help each other and get along well, haha".

Followed by things like "Shut up, Koholti".

And the second puzzling point was...

"Did you just say Baldur bastards?"

"What are you talking about? I said Baldurguard."

"You said Baldur basta..."

"No, no! How could I say such a thing. Wardanaz! I'm so sad you would misunderstand like that. Do you think that way because I'm from Kalaroguard?"

"..."

Yi-Han looked at Agdung as if dumbfounded.

While amateurs like Gainando might fall for it, Yi-Han didn't fall for such methods. In the first place, Yi-Han himself was a master of such methods.

-Well done, Gainando. Open the next volume and study.-

-Huh? Huh?? W-wasn't there a snack if I finished this much?-

-What are you talking about. It was until the next volume.-

-That's not right?! It was definitely just this much!?-

-Gainando... Are you trying to deceive me now, knowing I'm tired after listening to lectures all day? Even in that situation, I prepared dinner for you?! How could you do this?-

-Ah, no...! No... I-I'll keep studying.-

'He definitely said Baldur bastards.'

Feeling the suspicious gaze, Agdung hurriedly changed the subject.

He couldn't let his juniors discover his embarrassing inner thoughts towards another magic school.

"So why did you ask that?"

"Ah. The artifact you mentioned earlier seemed quite expensive, so I didn't understand how you could install it here and leave."

"Aha."

Agdung finally realized what misunderstanding the Imperial Mage Administrator's disciple had made. He laughed, rattling his bones.

"It's not that we installed and left such an artifact because we have a lot of money, but because Einroguard is such an insanely dangerous place that we had no choice but to invest in artifacts!"

"..."

"..."

Not only Yi-Han, but even his friends looked at Agdung with sad expressions.

Even students sitting at other tables in the teahouse looked with gloomy expressions.

Agdung belatedly cried out.

"...Of course, Einroguard is the empire's top magic school with that many learning opportunities! Ha, haha! Hahaha!"

"It's alright, Senior. Our school is quite dangerous."

Yi-Han contacted Beaver-Penguin-Fox with a bitter expression.

Gonadaltes: An artifact that absorbs contamination sources has been installed in that area. If you just activate it, it will overturn the earth and water and draw contamination sources to one place.

Beaver-Penguin-Fox: ...D-don't cheat.

The other party's reaction was more intense than expected. Yi-Han answered calmly.

Gonadaltes: If you pay the price, I'll even activate it for you.

As it was a trade anyway, Yi-Han was willing to activate the artifact if the price was right.

Since the mushroom field was defended, if he entered through that path, he could approach the artifact location marked on the map relatively easily.

Plus, he had a reliable Kalaroguard senior too.

Beaver-Penguin-Fox: ...Wait! Let me ask a question and come back.

Beaver-Penguin-Fox suddenly disappeared while talking. Yi-Han guessed the other party was probably talking privately with Baqwantallana.

'Since Baqwantallana brought me in, they're likely asking if I can be trusted.'

It didn't matter how the other party decided. Yi-Han was satisfied just receiving payment for what he had answered so far.

If they tried to take advantage of him as a senior, he planned to make a huge fuss in the space where all Sentinel club members could see.

With his abundant mana, he could connect to this artifact the longest and most persistently.

'Having a lot of mana has advantages like this sometimes.'

Beaver-Penguin-Fox: O... O... Okay. Let's... let's trade.

Gonadaltes: First, I'd like to settle up for the help I've given so far.

Beaver-Penguin-Fox: Come to the Tower of Illusions on the 7th floor. I'll leave the items under a red-green flag.

"?"

Yi-Han, who didn't know much about the 7th floor Tower of Illusions, hesitated.

'Is it a trap?'

The other party might be trying to lure Yi-Han in to ambush him.

In the worst case, they might even try to rob imperial gold coins...

Beaver-Penguin-Fox: Ah. Right. You just joined, so you probably don't know how to use the Tower of Illusions. I'll tell Baqwantallana.

Soon a message came from Baqwantallana.

The Tower of Illusions on the 7th floor was a magical building used by Sentinel club members for trading, created for members who didn't want to reveal who they were (and didn't want to know either).

As such, even entry was optimized for hiding one's identity.

Baqwantallana: It doesn't matter where on the 7th floor. Hold up a mirror to reflect the bell tower at the top of the Tower of Illusions. When light flashes three times, entry is complete, so look in the mirror. The tower is inside.

Yi-Han took out a mirror as instructed and looked around the high area of the 7th floor Exile Town from the 2nd floor terrace of the teahouse.

A flying contaminated being was burning to death in the town's defensive magic as it flew in, and inside that, a workshop could be seen with steam crazily spewing from eight chimneys, as if someone had mishandled magic.

-You bastard who'll be locked in the punishment room for life, what are you trying to do experimenting like that upstairs! I can't see in front of me because of the steam!-

-It'll disappear soon, so wait a bit! You impatient bastard! Should I throw it out next to the contaminated beings outside!?-

As he moved his gaze along the upper part of Exile Town where complex incidents were occurring, towers gradually came into view.

More than half of the towers old seniors had carelessly built in disorder had become abandoned buildings, and few were operating properly.

Among them was the Tower of Illusions. Yi-Han adjusted the angle so the Tower of Illusions entered the mirror.

Once, twice, three times.

"!"

Yi-Han sensed that the Tower of Illusions had cast powerful magic on the mirror.

Even though mirrors were items easily responsive to magic, to connect with such simple conditions from this distance!

Looking inside the mirror, the inside of the tower rippled. Every time he shook the mirror, the scenery changed as if the location had changed.

The tower seemed to be composed of a giant spiral staircase, as similar scenes kept appearing whether going up or down.

'Red-green, red-green...'

Yi-Han kept going up and down the tower looking for the red-green flag among the numerous flags hung on each floor.

'Found it.'

Entering the room, Yi-Han realized Beaver-Penguin-Fox hadn't lied when he saw the piled up supplies.

This seemed to be the payment.

Shwik-

Yi-Han started pulling out the supplies one by one into the mirror.

  *

"Why isn't Yi-Han coming down?"

"Is it because you're being noisy?"

"You guys were chattering together too!"

When his friend went up to the empty 2nd floor alone and didn't come down, Gainando stopped with a serious expression as he was about to throw magic yut sticks. (Yut is a Korean traditional board game.)

"I should go up and check."

"Are you doing this because you're afraid of losing now?"

"N-no. That's why I said we should play mage cards!"

"That's hard to play with many people. And I don't have cards either."

"Are you a barbarian! You don't even have mage cards?!"

Gainando blamed Raphael for not having mage cards. Raphael urged indifferently.

"Ballgame is better than mage cards. Just throw the yut sticks. I need to catch your pieces quickly."

"That's right. Gainando. And Yi-Han said misfortune comes if he touches you. Someone else other than you should..."

Before the words finished, Yi-Han came down from the 2nd floor carrying huge luggage with telekinesis.

His friends looked at that sight with dumbfounded faces.

"...Did you rob the 2nd floor?"