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Surviving as a Mage in a Magic Academy Chapter 911
🕑 Added 2024-10-07 11:28:47 +0000 UTCChapter 911
"...What on earth happened?!"
The two professors, who had re-sealed the demigod hamster in the black coffin and completely reverse summoned it after the breath attack, were flustered by the unexpected sight.
The dragon was crying as if the earth was caving in.
-Uwaaaaaaah!-
"Y-Your Highness. What's wrong?"
-Yi-Han is dying! Th-this isn't the kind of adventure Jourin had in mind...-
Jourin was crying so hard she could barely speak.
The adventures she had heard in fairy tales and legends always involved valiant heroes defeating enemies with outstanding companions, never helplessly watching over a fallen contractor.
If this was what adventure was like, Jourin would ban adventures in the empire!
"What... But he's just sleeping, you know?"
Professor Garcia said after checking Yi-Han's condition.
"Professor Bagrak?"
"That's right."
"Yes. It seems he just collapsed from fatigue."
Despite the two professors' assurance, the dragon, who had recently become much more suspicious, didn't believe them.
-How can I believe you're not trying to deceive or comfort Jourin!-
"...Did someone perhaps deceive Your Highness recently? No. Check for yourself. He's really fine."
Jourin hesitantly checked at Professor Garcia's words.
She had been too afraid to check, but his pulse was really beating.
-Th-then why did he collapse? Was it because Jourin fired too much breath?!-
"No. It's probably not because of that."
Professor Garcia, who knew Yi-Han's mana well, immediately denied it.
He had assisted with breath use last time too, so there was no way he suddenly couldn't endure it now.
-B-but Jourin used more than last time.-
"It still shouldn't make much difference, Your Highness."
-...-
At Professor Garcia's answer, Jourin harbored doubts inwardly.
In fact, wasn't this professor in front of her a cold person who didn't care even if her disciple collapsed and coughed up blood?
'Come to think of it, Yi-Han said all the professors were cold and heartless!'
"He probably collapsed because he used too much magic before coming here. There's a limit to human concentration apart from mana."
"He used lightning transformation."
"Pardon?"
Professor Garcia tilted her head at Professor Boladi's words.
Then Professor Boladi began a long explanation different from his usual appearance, which he often showed in the professors' lounge.
This power, which originated from the power of the spirit king with the title of Lightning General or Thunder King, was originally called instantaneous lightning transformation, but the Wardanaz family boy...
'I shouldn't have asked.'
Professor Garcia deeply regretted it.
There was no reason to be listening to such a story when there was much to clean up now.
But Professor Garcia was the youngest among Einroguard professors, which meant she had been a disciple under Einroguard professors.
Once established, the hierarchy between professor and disciple was stronger than most curses or oaths.
Professor Garcia grumbled inwardly but didn't dare think of interrupting and listened attentively.
Fortunately, it was an interesting content...
"Wait. You encouraged that?!"
"I didn't encourage it."
"I-I see. That's right."
Professor Garcia doubted inwardly like the dragon beside her.
Did he really not encourage it?
"Ahem. I understand Yi-Han has been very interested in lightning transformation magic lately, but that's not necessarily proof he used it now, is it?"
Still, as a disciple, Professor Garcia slightly took Yi-Han's side.
Even without resorting to reckless magic like lightning transformation, Yi-Han was more than enough of a person to collapse.
Just looking at what he usually did...
Professor Boladi stretched out his hand and pointed to the back. They could see traces left on the rock wall after lightning imbued with thought and concept had penetrated the demigod hamster.
"...I see."
-W-when will Yi-Han wake up?-
"He'll wake up as soon as he recovers a bit. You don't need to worry."
Professor Garcia performed simple first aid.
Having a lot of mana meant that its enhancement was proportionally stronger.
As he had so much mana that the word 'a lot' couldn't properly express it, he recovered quickly even in this situation. It seemed there was no need to worry much.
"Oh right. Let's finish sealing the other black coffins before they open."
Professor Boladi nodded. The Death Knights also expressed agreement.
There was this much commotion with just one black coffin opening, so they couldn't imagine how troublesome things would get if more opened from here.
-Jourin has a question.-
"What are you curious about?"
Professor Garcia asked kindly.
She felt sorry for this soft-hearted dragon who seemed to have been greatly shocked today. She felt like she should answer kindly no matter what was asked.
-Why aren't the other professors coming?-
"..."
-...-
Professor Garcia and the Death Knights all fell silent. Professor Boladi opened his mouth.
"That's..."
"I-I'll answer that!"
*
"!"
Yi-Han, who woke up after sleeping soundly, was startled by the sight of a giant dragon curled up and dozing beside him.
"Your Highness!"
-Uuuuh?!-
"What happened to the continent? Has it already been conquered by the demigods..."
-Uwaaaah! Yi-Han has gone strange!-
Jourin, not knowing the situation, wailed again.
She mistakenly thought Yi-Han was having hallucinations due to pain and fatigue.
'Not yet, I see.'
Yi-Han, belatedly realizing the situation, checked Einroguard's main building below the mountains.
It was peaceful as always.
Though there was an explosion on the 11th floor and giant tentacles were pouring out of the 4th floor windows, but at this level...
'It's fine.'
"I'm sorry, Your Highness. I was mistaken. Einroguard wasn't attacked or anything while I was collapsed, right?"
-Mm-hmm...-
Hearing the confirmation, Yi-Han let out a sigh of relief.
The two professors were amazing after all. They had somehow blocked the summoning of the demigod legion.
"Yi-Han. Are you awake?"
"Professor!"
The sight of the two returning professors had never felt so majestic. Yi-Han greeted them with eyes full of respect.
"You saved the continent, professors!"
"I-it's not to that extent."
Professor Garcia was slightly embarrassed.
Of course, if they hadn't stopped it, things might have gotten a bit bigger, but it was a bit shameful to hear they had saved the continent over something like this.
"Good work."
"Thank you. Has the demigod legion all been annihilated?"
"No. We just sealed them."
Professor Garcia shook her head and explained.
The mad doppelganger had used that short time very efficiently after making his decision.
He had cast black coffins in succession, then put contracts on the demigods inside to take them out in order.
Of course, as such arcane magic required enormous power, the mad doppelganger had planned to take out only the first demigod with magic and then use the power of the extracted demigod from then on.
Fortunately, they were lucky to be able to quickly seal the remaining black coffins after blocking the first demigod.
"We blocked the first demigod and sealed the rest before they could come out, so it should be fine for now. It's not easy to reverse summon things like that either."
As the black coffin itself was such a powerful magic, it was also a task to reverse summon it without causing much damage to the surroundings.
Even for Einroguard professors, it wasn't something two people could do on the spot.
"Did you meet the doppelganger?"
"Yes. We saw him. We also met someone called the King of Yakshas. He was a remarkably wise person."
Professor Garcia expressed goodwill towards the Yaksha King.
Usually, beings from other realms were often eccentric or unpredictable.
Especially the more powerful they were.
But the Yaksha King had power enough to seal the mad doppelganger, yet didn't lose his manners and dignity when dealing with mortals.
He was truly a rare being.
"It's good that Yi-Han made a contract with such a person. That's fortunate."
"I-I see."
Yi-Han wanted to curse that he had to make an unnecessary star contract because of the Yaksha King, but he held back.
Now wasn't the time for that.
"Will you be able to return the principal's doppelganger to normal?"
"Hmm."
When Yi-Han asked cautiously, Professor Garcia expressed reluctance.
"It doesn't seem easy. Unlike the black coffins, he's such an outstanding great mage himself..."
The seal the Yaksha King was currently casting looked ordinary on the surface, but was a very high-dimensional arcane magic.
And not just one, but over dozens of arcane magics.
Blocking a great mage like the mad doppelganger was similar to playing multi-board chess against dozens of players. If you made a mistake on even one board, the initiative would pass to the opponent.
One of the arcane magics the Yaksha King was using overlapped his own existence information with the enemy's to prevent the other from doing anything.
It was a powerful seal, but this acted as a disadvantage when attacking from the outside.
They could deal a blow to the Yaksha King or interfere with him to undo the mad doppelganger's seal.
"So I don't think we can resolve it with attacks, Yi-Han."
"Huh, weren't we just talking about returning him to normal? Why attacks?"
Yi-Han was puzzled when the professor answered something he hadn't asked.
He had asked if there was a way to return him, not if there was a way to annihilate him with attacks.
Professor Garcia paused at Yi-Han's reaction.
"...I just thought Yi-Han might be curious! Haha! Hahaha!"
"???"
Yi-Han didn't understand well why the professor was acting like this, but he nodded for now.
Hiding her embarrassment at mistaking her disciple for someone obsessed with battle like a mini Professor Boladi, Professor Garcia continued speaking.
"So I'm thinking of researching the Decline magic with Professor Bagrak."
"!"
Yi-Han was surprised when a magic name he knew came up.
'Well, of course they would have heard, since they met the Yaksha King.'
Come to think of it, that talkative king wouldn't have stayed quiet.
He must have advised the most effective method in the current situation.
So the two professors must have decided to research <Gonadaltes' Decline> as quickly as possible.
"I'll help too, though I may be lacking."
"Really? Yi-Han. But you must be having a hard time already."
Professor Garcia was inwardly glad but tried not to show it outwardly.
In fact, according to what she heard from the Yaksha King, Yi-Han was likely to be needed for this solution.
Not for the magical part, but his status as the mad doppelganger's disciple was likely to play a big role.
The persuasiveness would be different between a complete outsider using <Gonadaltes' Decline> and a disciple using it...
"That may be true... But this is my business too."
Yi-Han spoke, half resigned.
He was already too entangled with the mad doppelganger to leave it entirely to the two professors and not care.
Who knew when someone might come to kidnap him?
"..."
"Professor Bagrak?"
Professor Garcia was puzzled by the sight of Professor Boladi quietly pondering without saying a word in this situation.
Wasn't this the time to praise his admirable disciple?
"Ah. I'm sorry. I was pondering."
"About what?"
Professor Boladi explained slowly.
The midterm exams were originally prepared, but given the special situation, whether to acknowledge what happened today as the midterm exam and just pass it or not...
"..."
Professor Garcia was dumbfounded.
'Do you have no human heart??'
A disciple who was only a 2nd year had single-handedly blocked a demigod's rampage!
"I think you could acknowledge it?"
"But he must have had high expectations."
At those words, Professor Garcia turned her head to look at Yi-Han. Yi-Han shook his head slightly.
"Ignore the student's opinion, Professor! We're professors, after all!"
"Hmm. I find it a bit hard to agree with Professor Garcia's thinking."
While thoroughly scratching Professor Garcia's insides that didn't need to be scratched, Professor Boladi acknowledged passing the midterm exam.
