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Surviving as a Mage in a Magic Academy Chapter 770
🕑 Added 2024-08-21 03:09:08 +0000 UTCChapter 770
'Let's think about it again later.'
After tightly wrapping the black book and sealing it at the bottom of his bag (the black book vibrated as if to say this was useless), Yi-Han moved his steps towards the Dark Shadow Hall.
Senior Ogoldos, whom he hadn't seen in a long time, waved his hand happily when he saw Yi-Han.
"Wardanaz. Nice to see you."
"It's been a while, Senior. You look tired, did something happen?"
"Nothing much. Just pondering about dark magic items that might sell well."
"!"
Ogoldos had dark circles under his eyes as if he had been thinking all night.
Ogoldos, who had been debating whether to say this or not, finally opened his mouth.
"Wardanaz. I respect your feelings, but..."
"?"
"Dark magic just doesn't make money. Don't push yourself unnecessarily."
"..."
Yi-Han was dumbfounded at the sight of his senior harshly discouraging him from the start.
"Don't we have to try to know?"
"Sometimes there are things you can know without trying. Like which direction the sun rises from, or the principal's evilness... Dark magic seems to be like that too."
Ogoldos finished speaking and entered the Dark Shadow Hall. His drooping shoulders looked especially narrow and small from behind.
"Cough. Mr. Wardanaz."
This time, Professor Mortum walked over. Yi-Han bowed his head politely.
"Hello, Professor. Thank you for accepting my request."
"Request..."
Professor Mortum fell into thought.
The disciple before him had petitioned to gather not only the dark magic school's seniors but even the professor to ponder about magic.
Professor Mortum had tried to refuse because he was tired and annoyed, but the disciple didn't stop persuading.
-If you keep refusing, Professor, I'll send an anonymous letter to the principal!-
-...!-
"Cough, can that be called a request?"
"Pardon?"
"Nothing. It's nothing."
Direth only started threatening Professor Mortum around 4th year, but the Wardanaz family boy was already learning how to threaten professors in 2nd year.
Professor Mortum suddenly felt a chill down his spine.
He might be raising a dragon's cub without knowing.
"Ah. Cough. Mr. Wardanaz."
"Yes, Professor."
"I respect your feelings, but dark magic just doesn't make money. Don't push yourself unnecessarily."
"..."
Yi-Han was dumbfounded at the sight of Professor Mortum turning around and entering the Dark Shadow Hall.
What was this from the start...!
*
In fact, Einroguard's dark magic school had tried to gain financial leeway before.
Flesh Golem
-Attempted to sell at 30% cheaper price than Einroguard's existing golems.
-Five sold at first, but continuous complaints about stench and hideous appearance afterwards.
-Eventually discontinued due to lack of sales.
Skeleton Army
-Made contracts with undead and ordered them to help buyers.
-Unlike dark mages who feel less aversion to undead, normal mages felt aversion and the undead started to rebel.
-Paid compensation and discontinued.
Ahrak's Deadly Poison Series
-Attempted to produce and sell Ahrak's deadly poisons with various and powerful effects.
-Most successful, but buyers complained about excessively high prices.
-Eventually discontinued due to lack of sales...
Usually, results attempted from the dark magic side mostly failed because they were hideous and smelly so they didn't sell, or because they were too expensive.
Agdung took out the content he had prepared diligently and presented.
"In my opinion, more powerful high-grade dark magic seems to be the way forward for sales. Unlike outside, Einroguard students can implement most things themselves, right? We need to sell more powerful and rare magic."
"Oh..."
"What I researched is <Ahrak's Navy Blue Poison>, and this poison is bound to be popular among mages. Think about its power!"
At the words of the senior from Kalaroguard, the students made interested expressions.
Certainly, befitting a mage who gained fame for poison among the empire's past dark mages, Ahrak's deadly poison series was quite popular even among Einroguard students.
What if they made and sold <Ahrak's Navy Blue Poison>, which was always mentioned when talking about the most powerful poisons among them?
"Certainly, we couldn't make navy blue poison last time, perhaps due to lack of materials, so it might be different if we make it."
"This might be popular..."
"Cough. Wrong."
Professor Mortum interrupted.
At those words, Agdung asked back, slightly flustered.
"It's wrong?"
"It's just not recorded, but we tried to make and sell navy blue poison then too. Cough. Since it required so many materials, we tried to find buyers first."
"Is that so? How many came forward?"
"Zero."
"...How many?"
"Cough. Zero. You're mistaken. You fools! No matter how good the poison's performance is, only dark mages admire it... Other students don't buy it because it's expensive."
Dark magic school students thought other students would appreciate it if they made better poison, but in fact, ordinary students didn't know well how different and amazing this poison and that poison were.
They might buy once out of curiosity, but even that disappears if the price goes up.
"Why isn't it written down?!"
"Cough. They didn't write that down because it was embarrassing."
"It-it's an old story, so it might be a bit different now..."
Even Agdung's voice trembled as if he wasn't very confident saying that.
"It's alright, Senior. Those bastards who don't know good poison are the bad ones!"
"That's right. Selling navy blue poison at this price, these bastards! Not even knowing to be grateful!"
The dark magic school students vented complaints and cheered for Agdung.
Agdung was moved to tears by the support from juniors of another magic school.
"Th-thank you all. Actually, I... The <Contaminated Being Cloak> sold too, so I thought Einroguard students all knew the greatness of dark magic well even if they weren't from the dark magic school."
"That sold?!"
Professor Mortum stopped coughing and cried out in surprise.
To think the <Contaminated Being Cloak> sold.
That was more surprising than finding a dark magic item that might sell well.
"Cough, how on earth?!"
"Yi-Han sold it, Professor."
"Mr. Gainando. Cough. You shouldn't say it sold if it was through threats..."
"..."
Yi-Han looked at Professor Mortum as if dumbfounded and said.
"I didn't threaten, I sold it properly."
"Really? How?"
"There was a contaminated being crisis on the 7th floor..."
Yi-Han briefly explained the situation.
Of course, excluding the story that hordes of contaminated beings happened to rush in.
After hearing the explanation, Professor Mortum marveled.
"Cough, indeed! You used the situation. But it's a bit strange. They should be able to use magic themselves, so why... Were there that many contaminated beings?"
"...That's right. It's strange."
"Anyway, well done. Mr. Wardanaz."
Professor Mortum praised sincerely. He had thought he forced them to buy through threats, but with that level of wit, he deserved praise.
Perhaps this young genius might really come up with an ingenious method.
"Cough. So... What have you prepared?"
"Hmm. What I thought of is a defensive item."
Yi-Han brought out the magic he had newly learned from the black book.
3rd Circle magic, <Gonadaltes' Dark Magic Cloak>.
It was an artifact creation magic that was dark magic but had quite a bit of enchantment magic properties.
The completed effect was to defend and protect against dark magic school elements like undead, poison, and curses.
'This is really a stable and useful artifact.'
Although Yi-Han had suspected the black book might be trying to assassinate him, he had to acknowledge the usefulness of this magic.
When roaming around Einroguard, one encountered undead, curses, and poison more often than expected.
If it was a cloak that could provide stable defense against such elements...
...Even students with little interest in dark magic were likely to be intrigued.
"Cough. Is that all?"
"Wardanaz. This seems too... boring."
Not only Professor Mortum, but even Agdung and Ogoldos looked at Yi-Han with slightly flustered eyes.
This was too boring!
"Pardon? This is all."
"Isn't it too boring? Will students want to buy this?"
"Artifacts don't necessarily have to be interesting, do they? In my opinion, such ordinary and stable artifacts seem like they would sell well..."
Yi-Han, an avid reader of the imperial newspaper's economy section, had his own confidence, but he started to waver slightly at the lukewarm reaction of the dark magic seniors.
Was there something he hadn't noticed?
"I got it!"
Ogoldos cried out as if he understood.
"Wardanaz is planning to spray poison all over the school before selling this cloak. That must be it!"
"Indeed. Cough. With curses and undead too?"
Professor Mortum finally looked a bit convinced. Yi-Han answered firmly.
"I didn't think of that."
"Cough. You didn't??"
"Wardanaz. Then this seems a bit dangerous..."
'Is it that dangerous??'
While Yi-Han was pondering, Agdung came to his support.
"Wait. Professor. Trial and error is a mage's right. You shouldn't stop him like this before even trying."
"Cough. That's true. Since Mr. Wardanaz brought the reagents, it's not bad to let him do as he pleases."
Professor Mortum agreed to some extent with Agdung's words.
There was no reason to stop him if he wanted to do it with his own things. Mages were supposed to learn by making mistakes.
"Cough. Then shall we move to the workshop and see Mr. Wardanaz work?"
Ogoldos whispered secretly to Yi-Han.
"Wardanaz. Don't be too disappointed even if it doesn't sell. The <Bone Imbued with Al Azif's Curse> I made before didn't sell at all either."
'That seems natural not to sell.'
*
"..."
"..."
Yi-Han, who had started selling the first batch in the 7th floor market, resolved.
To never again take economic advice from dark magic school mages!
"W-why did this all sell??"
"Why such an ordinary thing??"
'I'm pathetic for wavering.'
Yi-Han looked at the astonished seniors beside him with contemptuous eyes.
To think they thought it wouldn't sell because it was ordinary by their standards.
Surprisingly, the <Gonadaltes' Dark Magic Cloak> sold in the 7th floor market area (sold as <Dark Magic School's Defensive Cloak>) sold out in an instant.
"The power of the defensive magic shouldn't be that strong? This won't block high-level undead when they appear."
"It's the same for poison. This has limits in blocking poison..."
"Seniors."
Yi-Han opened his mouth seriously, also to avenge the negative opinions he had heard earlier.
"I may be lacking in magic skills compared to you seniors, but..."
"?"
Agdung was puzzled but waited without interrupting the junior's words for now.
"I know better about what will sell and what won't. It's not dark magic that only seniors know is amazing, but items that can be used comfortably enough that sell well."
"Th-that..."
"Such an ordinary item..."
Agdung and Ogoldos made shocked expressions at Yi-Han's words.
To think such an ordinary item sold better than stronger golems, stronger curses, stronger poisons?
It was really hard to believe, but seeing the reality before their eyes now, it might be right...
At that moment, students who came up from the lower floor started urgently delivering news.
-A poisonous swamp burst on the 6th floor!!-
-Poisonous swamp on the 6th floor! Poisonous swamp on the 6th floor! Don't just go in!-
"Ah."
"As expected..."
"...What do you mean 'Ah' and 'As expected'?"
Yi-Han glared at the seniors.
