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Surviving as a Mage in a Magic Academy Chapter 954
🕑 Added 2024-10-21 11:19:03 +0000 UTCChapter 954
"It was a pleasure talking with you. Thank you."
"Lord Gonadaltes says he enjoyed it too."
"Hahaha! Thank you!"
The mages left the private room, delighted.
To think they would have a direct conversation with a great mage like this.
Moreover, he was much kinder than expected.
"..."
"..."
As the noisy mages left, the room suddenly became quiet.
The mad doppelganger remained silent without saying a word.
Though he was mad, as expected of a doppelganger split from a great mage, his brilliance hadn't gone anywhere.
He had finally realized that scolding or reprimanding a disciple who didn't listen at all was of no use.
Instead, the mad doppelganger silently began explaining magic again.
"I will continue the story of the black coffin."
"Yes."
"..."
Ilendil was now feeling awe beyond fear and shock.
Could it be that the junior had the mad doppelganger's holy relic?
If not, there was no reason for him to be so kind.
"The previous casting was done with the help of royalty."
Yi-Han had once been forced to cast the black coffin to welcome evil rivals, no, Baldurguard students.
"...Whaaaat???"
Of course, this was news to Ilendil.
At the words that a 2nd year junior had cast the black coffin, Ilendil screamed without realizing it.
"When?!"
"Be quiet. Do you not know manners?"
"I-I-I'm sorry..."
Ilendil shrank down.
Though she knew in her head that the mad doppelganger was more generous than expected, when directly facing him, fear still swept over her.
"I used it when the Baldurguard students came last time."
"This seems... like the first I've heard of it."
"I mentioned it in the Sentinel club too, didn't I? We talked about forbidden ancient magic."
"...?"
Ilendil, who had been tilting her head, finally recalled the memory.
-Hey. I heard someone cast forbidden ancient magic on those bastards from another magic school?-
-Heh. I know who it was. It was Yukbeltire, the 5th year from Blue Dragon Tower, top student of the enchantment magic school, descendant of a great bloodline.-
"...You!!"
And Ilendil, who recalled an unnecessary memory along with it, was additionally shocked.
Clearly, when the topic of 'Who cast forbidden ancient magic?' came up in the Sentinel club, this junior with the alias Gonadaltes had framed Yukbeltire.
All the Sentinel club members had accepted it, thinking 'As expected, Yukbeltire could do that'...!
To think the real culprit was someone else. Ilendil felt chills down her spine.
"H-how could you tell such a lie...?"
"Huh? I don't know what you're talking about."
"Framing...! You framed Senior Yukbeltire...!"
"I don't remember."
Yi-Han blinked his eyes innocently as if he really didn't know anything.
Ilendil became confused, wondering if the junior really didn't know.
'Did he f-forget? Really?'
"Enough. The idle talk has gone too far."
The mad doppelganger cut off their chatter.
It was very rare for him to have waited this long for conversation unrelated to magic.
"How much do you remember?"
"I remember the general form, but beyond that..."
Yi-Han glanced slightly.
At that time, the mad doppelganger had directed almost every element, from the structure of the magic to the movement of the staff, the phrases engraved in the characters of the Three Kingdoms era, directions and flames.
All Yi-Han had really done was offer mana.
It couldn't be helped, as black coffin summoning was a magic of too high difficulty for the current Yi-Han.
Even if he wanted to do something himself, there was nothing he could do.
Rather, the fact that he remembered even the general form itself proved Yi-Han's growth.
'I did my best to remember, surely he won't get angry.'
"To remember the form. That's fine."
"!"
At the mad doppelganger's reaction, Yi-Han realized his mistake.
Seeing the other's response, it seemed he wouldn't have gotten angry even if he said he didn't know.
'Ugh. I should have just said I'd start over from the beginning.'
To unnecessarily advance the progress and raise the learning difficulty. It was a painful mistake.
"As I said, this relic has a principle similar to that of the black coffin."
The mad doppelganger calmly continued his explanation.
Separate from his calm and flat voice, the content within was endlessly complex and difficult.
If the listeners hadn't been a 4th year genius and a 2nd year disciple, they might have quickly dropped out and collapsed.
Yi-Han focused his mind and tried his best to organize and summarize somehow.
'So...'
The parts that Yi-Han had done directly under the mad doppelganger's instructions when preparing the black coffin summoning magic, this relic could replace with its own power.
Currently, as it was entangled with an evil god, severance and purification were essential, but even considering that, it was amazing.
'Honestly, I'm not confident I can cast it alone.'
"Um... I have a question."
Ilendil opened her mouth, watching for a reaction. The mad doppelganger showed no response.
Unable to bear it, Yi-Han spoke instead.
"You may ask."
"C-can I really...?"
"If you ask, I'll relay it."
"...If the connection with the evil god is severed, we need to contact a new god, is there a way to contact the god I want?"
Ilendil asked slowly, watching the mad doppelganger's reaction after each word.
Yi-Han relayed it as is.
"Is there a way to contact the desired god anew after severing the connection with the evil god?"
'A parrot?'
"It's not difficult. Originally, this relic has the power to amplify divinity for connection with divine beings. A symbol with strong symbolism and divine power should be sufficient."
At the positive answer, Ilendil's face brightened.
The reason she had coveted this relic in the first place was to obtain the power of a god suitable for forest recovery and growth.
Of course, she had symbols and such prepared. Hearing the mad doppelganger's words, it didn't seem too difficult.
And Yi-Han's face brightened along with her.
"That's great. We don't need to obsess over the black coffin, we can use it as an artifact to borrow divine power."
Though the power of the relic was similar in principle to the black coffin, there was no law saying it had to be used as a black coffin.
Rather than a difficult, dangerous, and evil ancient forbidden magic, it might be better to simply borrow the power of a benevolent god conveniently.
Moreover, wasn't Yi-Han someone on good terms with holy magic?
'The Aphar Order or Flameng Order probably wouldn't reject me.'
"Prepare to connect an artificial demigod."
"...Master?"
Originally, if one stares into the abyss for a long time, the abyss also stares back at that person.
Just as Yi-Han had adapted while dealing with the mad doppelganger, the mad doppelganger had also adapted while dealing with Yi-Han.
Ignore words that can be ignored!
"Master. We can borrow divine power, can't we?"
"I know. But a royal disciple should know to go beyond such ordinary methods."
'I don't want to go beyond...'
Yi-Han made a sour expression at the instruction to connect it with an evil artificial demigod made of dark elements, when simply reconnecting it with a benevolent god would make it a convenient artifact.
Ilendil, whose method had suddenly become ordinary, also felt displeased. But Ilendil absolutely did not show it on her face.
The other was too fearsome a being to carelessly reveal emotions to.
Yi-Han finally gave up.
Though he had become a bit more lenient in other areas, there were parts where the mad doppelganger did not compromise. Magic instruction was one such part.
"I understand. How do we connect the artificial demigod?"
"Normally we would have to create a new one, but a royal disciple doesn't need to."
"Ah. You have one you made before, right?"
Recalling the recent continental conquest incident, Yi-Han frowned.
Come to think of it, since he had tried to summon an artificial demigod army then, there should be an abundance of numbers.
The mad doppelganger lifted the relic and lightly gave a command. Then, just like when summoning the black coffin before, an alien order swirled around.
Colliding worlds and different rules, orders. Massive dark elements flowing through the cracks...
And a voice familiar to Yi-Han flowed out.
-Why didn't you conquer the continent?-
"..."
Yi-Han pretended not to hear and ignored it. However, the voice inside the relic called Yi-Han again.
-Why didn't you conquer the continent?-
"It's calling you, disciple. Why are you ignoring it?"
"That's right... Well, at that time it wasn't a good time to conquer the continent..."
Ilendil stared at the junior with her mouth open.
Then was there a good time to conquer the continent?
"You don't have a grudge because of last time, do you?"
Yi-Han had fought quite fiercely to prevent the descent of the demigod army.
Turning the opponent into a hamster, piercing with lightning transformation, scorching with Jourin's breath...
'It seems likely to hold a grudge.'
No matter how he thought about it, it seemed difficult for there not to be a grudge.
However, unexpectedly, the demigod spoke calmly.
-If the commander thinks so, then it must be so.-
'No?'
The artificial demigod was kinder than expected.
Instead of vowing revenge or retribution, it respected and accepted the authority of Yi-Han, the mad doppelganger's disciple.
He had thought it would be an evil god mad with blood and anger...
"Tame this demigod from now on."
Though it might seem great when called a god, in fact, they unexpectedly had childlike aspects.
Especially in the case of artificially created demigods, it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say they were beyond children, more like newborn babies.
This artificial demigod that the mad doppelganger had summoned now should have learned efficient destruction as quickly as possible for continental conquest, but due to the change in plans, its learning had been wiped clean.
It was a mage's job not to end with summoning an artificial demigod, but to tame its power and use it elaborately.
Taming and handling the power of this artificial demigod, which was little more than raw material, was the first thing the disciple had to do now.
Of course, to Yi-Han it sounded like nonsense. More precisely, from "tame it" onwards, it all just felt like nonsense.
"Is such a thing possible?"
"It is possible. Start refraining from foolish questions."
Completely controlling or reverse summoning nearby undead, nullifying or subjugating attacks were all results of precisely gathering and refining the nearly omnipotent power of the demigod.
Specifically and accurately.
Otherwise, even the power of a god would just be vaguely scattered and wasted.
"Once you become accustomed to taming and using that power, you'll eventually be able to directly summon the black coffin."
"Wow. That's really so exciting."
"Expressing joy where there are watching eyes is vulgar, so refrain."
Certainly, directly experiencing would be faster than learning and studying in theory.
Except for the fact that the difficulty of the target magic was beyond imagination.
Honestly, Yi-Han was skeptical about how much difference there would be between repeatedly practicing black coffin summoning following the mad doppelganger's instructions, and directly experiencing it using the relic like this.
Both seemed like they would just take a long time...
Yi-Han looked at the ancient relic while holding back a sigh. Then a somewhat blurry and faint voice was heard.
-You cannot escape by denying my authority.-
"...Master. This doesn't seem to be properly purified??"
Yi-Han was startled by the unexpected voice of the evil god.
"That's right."
"...I thought you gave it to me after purifying and severing."
"For what reason should I do that? It won't be able to influence anyway."
"Well, I suppose that's true."
'What do you mean that's true...'
Ilendil swallowed her criticism.
Though she wasn't originally the type to enjoy conversation, the dialogue between these two especially tired Ilendil. She missed the forest to the point of tears.
Ilendil resolved.
Once this was over, she would shut herself in the forest for a while and not deal with anyone...
"But Senior, you're going to keep this in the forest, so please purify it. It'll be enough for me to worry about taming the artificial demigod, I can't take the evil god too."
"...Huh?"
Ilendil, who had been resolving, raised her head in confusion at the unexpected words.
She might have misheard, but the junior's words just now sounded like he was going to come to Ilendil's forest to practice evil forbidden magic.
...She must have misheard, right?
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