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Surviving as a Mage in a Magic Academy Chapter 908
🕑 Added 2024-10-06 13:17:27 +0000 UTCChapter 908
"King of Yakshas. I know your power well. You cannot interfere with royalty forever."
The mad doppelganger pointed out coldly.
On the surface, it looked trivial, as if some big warrior had subdued a mage, but inside, a fierce battle of higher authorities was unfolding.
In fact, the hamster was watching their confrontation without being able to say anything, as if entranced.
A battle of powers unfolding between mythical beings.
'Amazing!'
Though he already knew the tyrant's magic was extraordinary, even for the hamster, this Yaksha King was a being he had never seen before.
What mystery was he hiding to be able to seal the tyrant's magic like that?
-Hmm. That's right. I can't do anything while sealing you, Os.-
"You know well. The world will reject you. How long can you endure?"
-I'll probably disappear first.-
The Yaksha King admitted readily again.
Unlike Os's doppelganger, who was hiding himself from the world by unfolding great magic nearby, he was just a guest who had opened a realm with force and come.
Of course, it was impossible to endure longer than that doppelganger.
-That's why you, disciple of Os, must do it.-
"..."
Yi-Han was dumbfounded at the Yaksha King's words.
Seeing them talk, he had thought this situation might really be resolvable, but it was impossible to resolve after all!
But there was no time or leisure to argue. Yi-Han immediately asked.
"What should I do?"
-You should persuade your master. Hmm. Do you perhaps still want to try casting Despotis after finding new possibilities in Dynamis's arcane magic?-
"I don't even know what that is."
-One is a small world and the other is a unique world, but because the difficulty of the latter is so high, you amplify the mage's power with the former...-
"Another method. Is there no other method?"
-Hmm. Wouldn't it be more accurate to listen to the rest of the explanation and judge?-
"Another method!"
Yi-Han shouted, suppressing his rising anger.
What nonsense was he talking about small worlds and unique worlds!
Seeing this, the hamster felt great affinity for the Yaksha King.
"As someone who must rule by dominating the continent, know shame for being scared of magic and tucking your tail. Disciple."
Even the mad doppelganger sternly rebuked Yi-Han.
But Yi-Han didn't waver.
'What nonsense you're talking.'
Immediately achieving the long-cherished wish his master couldn't achieve to persuade him was an even more difficult task than occupying Einroguard right now.
-Yes. Disciple of Os. If you want, I'll tell you another method. But from my view, you're acting anxiously and emotionally right now.-
"...Then isn't it impossible to act calmly and coolly in this situation?"
-The other method is Decline.-
"Isn't that the method you just mentioned?"
Yi-Han's eyes turned fierce when he brought up the story of gathering the world's pain in one place with magic, which even the mad doppelganger couldn't do.
However, though the Yaksha King just spouted whatever he wanted to say, he wasn't stupid.
-I'm not talking about the world's pain. Disciple of Os. I'm saying to draw out your master's madness with Decline.-
"!"
Yi-Han was startled.
Though he had learned magic, it was a method he really hadn't thought of.
"Is that possible?"
-Of course.-
<Gonadaltes' Decline> was magic that transferred the other's decline to oneself.
Since curses, pain, and wounds were included in this, madness could be included too.
Yi-Han was about to immediately cast it by swinging his staff but stopped.
"What if I go mad after absorbing the madness?"
-Disciple of Os. In that case, Os and I will subdue and confine you, so don't worry.-
"..."
-And that madness only has meaning for Os himself, it won't have much effect on you, his disciple.-
"Don't you usually say that first?"
Though he should have been glad to hear it was no big deal, no good words came out.
'Well. No matter how much I suffer from the pressure to eliminate the world's pain, I don't think I'd try to dominate the continent.'
Decline was cast along with the spell.
As he had used it before when treating a patient who came to the healing magic school, there was no hesitation in Yi-Han's shout.
"..."
"..."
-...-
Silence.
'What's this?'
When there seemed to be no change, Yi-Han cautiously asked.
"Master. Are you alright?"
"Can't you immediately remove this Yaksha King and occupy Einroguard?"
"...It didn't work."
-Then you must not have cast it properly.-
The Yaksha King said nonchalantly.
"What do you mean I didn't cast it properly? I clearly mastered the magic..."
-Sometimes magic seems fully mastered, but when you meet an unexpectedly formidable opponent, you realize that understanding was shallow. Disciple of Os.-
'This person. He really doesn't tell anything properly!'
Yi-Han trembled with anger.
Come to think of it, hadn't he suffered a lot last time because of the Yaksha King's nonsense about the star contract?
In fact, if he was mistaken about this now too...
'No. Let's not have ominous thoughts. This isn't the time for that.'
"Are you saying there's a problem with Decline?"
-Didn't you fail to absorb it?-
Suddenly, Yi-Han recalled a conversation he had with the mad doppelganger when learning magic before.
-Get used to this magic.-
-Was there a mistake in my magic casting?-
-No.-
-Then what does getting used to it mean?-
-That's something you lowborn must realize yourself.-
Come to think of it, the casting was perfect then too, but the mad doppelganger had spoken as if it was still far off.
Yi-Han frowned, wondering what he had missed.
Rumble!
"?!"
Meanwhile, a roar spread from outside. When Yi-Han became confused, the Yaksha King kindly explained.
-That's the army Os summoned. Hmm. Perhaps a demigod legion using black coffins? It would be good to go stop it before it's fully summoned. I'll hold Os here...-
"Thank you for your kind words!"
Yi-Han swallowed his curses and ran out of the workshop for now.
The mad doppelganger was one thing, but he had to resolve the situation outside first.
"Ah!"
When Yi-Han, who had been running out, came back, everyone in the workshop was puzzled.
-Why?-
"I'll take this with me!"
Yi-Han grabbed the hamster cage in one hand and ran out again. The hamster made crazy squeaking sounds, but Yi-Han ignored it.
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-Do you really want to die!-
"Mage. Look at me now. Do I look like I can care about later?"
At Yi-Han's words, the hamster unconsciously understood.
Indeed, in such an emergency situation, it would be strange to be picky about means and methods. He would have done anything too if it were him.
-I've had all my power taken away, so I can't do anything.-
"But you have wisdom, don't you?"
-...That's true.-
The hamster was a magic criminal but also a great mage. Feeling newly satisfied at the junior mage's praise, he groomed his whiskers.
"And in case of emergency, you can be a sacrifice too."
-...-
"That was a joke."
'Isn't this guy crazy?'
He had never seen someone in his life who would make such jokes to the empire's notorious magic criminal.
They say all Einroguard mages have madness locked away in a corner of their minds, but this guy seemed especially severe.
-...Gasp!-
However, the hamster didn't have the leisure to curse.
As soon as they went out of the workshop following the corridor, an unbelievable sight was unfolding before their eyes.
A giant black coffin fixed in midair was emitting evil power. That power was not the power of mortals, but the power of thought entities or gods.
And even more surprising was that the coffin's door was already half open and the thing inside was sticking its head out.
'Not only summoning a demigod, but taming it and taking it out?!?!'
Though there were dozens of things he wanted to ask about how on earth this was done, the hamster just squeaked and screamed for now.
-Attack! If it comes out completely, things will become hundreds of times harder!!-
The hamster had heard about ancient magic that artificially created demigods formed by worship or thoughts sent by living beings and extracted their power.
But taking that demigod out of the coffin and descending it to the continent to use as an army far surpassed the hamster's imagination.
'Is this a mage from myths??'
"I know! Damn it. I don't know if this attack will be enough... Everyone!"
Yi-Han brightened when he discovered a ray of light in the darkness. The giants were waiting with a bonfire lit.
-Wardanaz! We've been waiting!-
-Are we going to attack Einroguard now?-
"...That's complete nonsense! You've all been deceived!"
-?!?!-
The giants were surprised.
They hadn't gathered to attack Einroguard?
"What you should fight is that! That monster trying to come out of that coffin!"
-Huh? Isn't that our friend who's going to help?-
"It's not!"
At that moment, the demigod that had stuck its head out stared at Yi-Han.
To be precise, it couldn't be called staring. The other didn't have organs that could be called eyeballs.
It looked like a demon in some ways and like a dragon in others. It reminded one of a strange chimera that kept changing its form.
-If the opponent is really a demigod, be careful of your thoughts!-
"What do you mean?"
-If it's an artificially created demigod, it's a thought entity. Where do you think those thoughts were gathered from!-
Among monsters and spirits, there were those that grew stronger by eating fear or emotions.
Though demigods were incomparably different in rank, the simple principle was similar.
The demigod's very nature changed according to the concentrated thoughts.
"...Isn't this a demigod Master created? Then shouldn't it be fixed as Master wants?"
-No! That's what you're saying because you don't know the ancient rules, brat. A disciple has that much power! Moreover, he must have told you to conquer the continent!-
The mad doppelganger had tried to conquer the continent by making his disciple the commander.
Of course, he would have granted the disciple some power in controlling such a demigod.
If they had to attack a tower full of mages, it should change to a demigod specialized against magic, and if they had to attack a castle full of knights, it should be the opposite...
-When do we dominate the continent?-
"!"
The demigod's question flowed into Yi-Han along with its gaze. Yi-Han immediately shouted.
"That order has been canceled!"
-When do we dominate the continent?-
'Damn it. Can't it touch higher orders?'
Yi-Han realized there were limits even though he had power as a disciple.
As there was a higher order given by the mad doppelganger first, it was impossible to make it self-destruct or stop.
-Don't do useless things and weaken it before attacking! Who knows how strong it will become once it comes out of the coffin!-
"By weakening..."
-I mean think of it as weak as possible!-
The hamster shouted, squeaking. He was more than ordinarily anxious as he could be absorbed by the demigod too if he wasn't careful.
The fact that the demigod was occasionally showing demon or dragon forms now was probably due to the perception held by the Wardanaz family boy in front of it.
Aren't those typical races that come to mind when thinking of strong beings?
He had to change the other to be weak somehow.
"L-like a hamster?"
-...Yes! Do even that!-
Though it was a strangely unpleasant choice, the hamster agreed for now.
At least a demigod hamster would be much easier to deal with than a demigod demon.
Yi-Han concentrated his mind.
'Change that demigod's form. That demigod's form...'
As powerful thoughts connected, the demigod's form rippled again and changed into the appearance of a giant skull principal.
The hamster let out a squeak mixed with despair.
-To strengthen it even more!-
'I told you not to be afraid...!'
