Surviving as a Mage in a Magic Academy
chapter-517

For a moment, Yi-Han's momentum was so fierce that one could think that way.

However, Phil soon came to his senses and noticed the sense of incongruity.

"No. That's not anger! It's completely different...!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Yi-Han finished off all the ice castle spirits that had clung to him and began a counterattack.

The ice castle spirits rushing from behind seemed to be tense due to Yi-Han's power they had just witnessed, so they quickly formed a formation and tried to block his approach.

Long ice spears stretched out, blocking the way like a dense thicket.

The spears were not simply spears made of ice, but magic spears that emitted cold air, making it impossible to approach the surroundings.

"What are you going to do?"

Yi-Han asked Anpursas.

He shouldn't recklessly approach an opponent who had hardened their defensive stance like a hedgehog.

He had to disrupt the opponent with various strategies and then attack.

Although Anpursas was a noisy and annoying demon, it was true that he was an outstanding and seasoned warrior.

Honestly, Yi-Han was curious about how Anpursas would solve that.

Kwajik!

"..."

Anpursas, like an outstanding and seasoned warrior, charged straight ahead.

He pulled out aura and cut through the ice spears several times to create an opening, then jumped through it and engaged in a fierce close combat.

At first, the ice castle spirits held out, but they couldn't withstand Anpursas' momentum as he clung close and rampaged while swinging aura, and eventually they were disrupted.

'This guy. I should never call him out of the bracelet again...'

Yi-Han was dumbfounded by Anpursas' crude tactics.

To waste like that, saying it's not his mana or his body!

No wonder he was a demon.

Poof!

As the glowing Morning Star grazed, half of the ice castle spirit's form was blown away.

It was not simply the power of aura, but the mana absorption of the Morning Star that sucked away the strength of the ice castle spirit.

Seeing that, Yi-Han suddenly had a question.

"Wait. How did you coat the Morning Star with aura?"

Anpursas didn't answer.

He only muttered as if possessed.

-Give me the next enemy, and the next enemy, more enemies!-

"..."

Yi-Han vowed once again that he would never call Anpursas again and confirmed it himself.

Looking closely, the glowing aura on the Morning Star was not stable and kept flickering and forming anew.

Realizing the truth, Yi-Han was dumbfounded.

'No way...!'

The Morning Star was a sword that absorbed mana.

Naturally, it also absorbed aura, the essence of mana.

However, Anpursas kept blowing mana into the rapidly absorbing aura.

It was a simple and crude logic that if the mana input was greater than the mana disappearing, the aura would be maintained.

Seeing that, Yi-Han thought.

'I should do that later too.'

Although Anpursas was a crazy demon, he was an outstanding warrior.

***

Kwang!

Already, the number of ice castle spirits had been reduced by more than half.

Yi-Han's body shot out like a shell and charged like lightning. Icicles thrown by the ice castle spirits were brutally stuck in the spot where Yi-Han had been a moment ago.

With the sound of tearing the air, an icicle flew in the opposite direction. Yi-Han, who had grabbed one of the flying icicles, threw it back and blew away three ice castle spirits.

"What?!"

Balfatan of the Moradi family, a 3rd-year student, was clashing swords with a penguin swordsman when he was startled by the scene unfolding next to him.

Not only within Einroguard but also in the north, it was not easy to see a swordsman of that level.

Chiik-

As an ice castle spirit tried to block the attack with a thick shield, the aura suddenly flared up and exploded. The ice castle spirits were swept away with the shock wave.

It was an incredibly difficult task to simply create the form of aura, but that swordsman was showing all kinds of techniques with a completed aura.

It was something that only swordsmen who had reached the realm could do.

Kwadeuk!

The swordsmanship also captivated Balfatan's gaze.

If aura was a blooming flower, swordsmanship was like the stem and roots supporting it.

As a swordsman, he couldn't help but recognize the value of that swordsmanship.

The violent and tyrannical swordsmanship that pressured all directions was completely crushing and shattering the ice castle spirits.

"Was there such a guy?"

"What kind of guy is he?"

"A 1st-year... wasn't he? Just now, a 1st-year..."

"You must have seen wrong. Or the principal's subordinate disguised as a 1st-year."

Listening to his friends talking next to him, Balfatan tilted his head.

Strangely, he looked familiar.

-Your skills have improved!-

The King of Frost Giants was impressed.

Mortals were always amazing beings.

In the short time he hadn't seen them, they grew unbelievably.

But even knowing that, the mortal in front of him was truly amazing.

How could this be?

Seeing him breaking through the army of ice castle spirits and charging, he looked like a veteran warrior.

Even in other realms, it would be difficult to find such a warrior.

"Give me... your neck!"

-What a great fighting spirit!-

The King of Frost Giants was not offended even by Yi-Han's words as he glared at him.

A warrior who had grown like that had the right to say such things.

-I'll let you face him.-

-Yes.-

The ice castle spirits stopped their attack and began to retreat. Even Yi-Han frowned and pointed his sword at the intense presence that was rippling and pressuring the surroundings.

What appeared was a penguin several times larger than the other penguin swordsmen.

-I look forward to it.-

"Why is a guy who will fall under my sword talking anyway?"

-No one knows who will be standing at the end of the battle!-

The Penguin Viscount swung one wing and created a whirlwind. It was a brutal attack that tore the surroundings like a blade, not just a whirlwind.

Of course, Yi-Han was not caught by it either. He instantly distanced himself and kicked the remaining ice fragments around to shoot them.

The Penguin Viscount stepped on those ice fragments and jumped into the air, then summoned aura on the other wing and stabbed at Yi-Han.

Yi-Han defended against the attack by setting the Morning Star sideways. Nevertheless, Yi-Han's body was half-buried in the ground by the Penguin Viscount's offensive.

The Penguin Viscount was suspicious of Yi-Han's appearance of entering a disadvantageous position instead of avoiding it.

A seasoned warrior would not receive such an attack in such a disadvantageous way without avoiding it.

What was he aiming for?

-!-

The answer came right away.

Yi-Han's body, which had been half-buried in the ground, suddenly shot out. It was a speed that exceeded the Penguin Viscount's expectations.

Yi-Han charged like an arrow that had been hanging at the end of a tightly drawn bowstring. The Penguin Viscount was startled.

'He's wasting mana like this?'

If mana could be bestowed on the body to enhance it, other techniques were also possible.

Like condensing mana in one's body and shooting it out like this.

But this was an excessive waste.

To do such a reckless thing with the sole purpose of making him let his guard down and drawing him in?

-Excellent!-

The King of Frost Giants was impressed.

It was not easy to get this close to the Penguin Viscount.

The Penguin Viscount was a swordsman who pulled out powerful magic with one wing and powerful swordsmanship with the other wing.

That mortal, instead of engaging in a tedious long battle, made the Penguin Viscount charge at him to get close.

A mortal who couldn't overcome fear wouldn't be able to show such an appearance.

It was something that only a warrior who knew courage and honor could do.

Kwang!

Dull sounds echoed in succession. The two warriors who had gotten close to each other were brutally exchanging attacks.

Not only swords but also shoulders collided with shoulders and legs collided with legs. Shock waves erupted and blood splattered.

Soon the winner was revealed. The Penguin Viscount lowered his wings and retreated backward.

In addition to being heavily hit by the first strike, the opponent's attacks were not simply aura but also absorbing mana. There was no way to win even if he dragged it out.

-Excellent. Mortal. I will remember your name, fearless one. May the day come when we can duel again!-

'?'

Yi-Han, who was listening, hesitated.

What did he just say?

-An unwelcome guest has arrived.-

The King of Frost Giants turned his gaze.

An angry lord was coming from far away.

-Retreat! Send the retreat signal!-

The remaining penguin forces and ice castle spirits began to retreat quickly.

Not wanting to fight the skull principal, the King of Frost Giants retreated through the remaining realm crack.

-I won't forget today's appearance. I look forward to the next time as well!-

"..."

-I was satisfied!-

Not knowing Yi-Han's troubled heart, Anpursas cheerfully shouted and was sucked into the bracelet.

The fierce battle that had taken place today had satisfied Anpursas.

"...I will never call you again."

-???-

Yi-Han didn't know how many future enemies he had made just to save some seniors today.

Yi-Han vowed to avoid cold places or penguin-related places for a while.

The skull principal, who had flown over, looked around the chaotic surroundings as if it were nothing.

Although the seniors had been fighting fiercely without fear until just now, they tensed up slightly at the appearance of the skull principal.

"Principal. We didn't cause any particular problems."

"We blocked the crack too."

'Hmm. Amateurs.'

Yi-Han felt sorry for the seniors who were rambling excuses without even being asked.

That was something only amateurs did.

Pros shut their mouths and stayed still, waiting for an opportunity.

The skull principal looked around again instead of answering.

Not knowing what he was looking for, Balfatan carefully threw a question.

"Are you looking for something?"

There was no way the skull principal would act like that just because this area had turned into a mess. Originally, this level of festival was a daily occurrence at Einroguard.

-Am I looking for something?-

-Yes.-

"What is it?"

-I was contemplating which guys to send to the punishment room.-

"..."

"..."

"Ah, no. This was a festival, and the crack wasn't particularly..."

"The buildings didn't collapse either..."

"The walls are intact too..."

"The principal's warehouse wasn't raided either... It wasn't raided, right? If anyone raided it, come out now."

"..."

Yi-Han was dumbfounded by the seniors' conversation.

And the skull principal was equally dumbfounded.

-After making a 1st-year fight, what are you guys saying?-

"Pardon?"

"Where is the 1st-year?"

At the puzzled reaction, the skull principal made a clicking sound.

At first, he thought about locking up all the guys who participated in the festival this time, but when he thought about it, there was room for extenuating circumstances.

How could the seniors have known it was a 1st-year when that Wardanaz guy was rampaging like that?

-Forget it. Let those who don't know continue not knowing.-

"...?"

-But there are still guys who will go to the punishment room. The guys who asked a 1st-year for magic help, come out right now!-

Balfatan chuckled at those words.

"There's no such g... Huh?"

"???"

The students were shocked to see Coholti and Anpagon walking out with their heads bowed.

"What is it?"

"What on earth...?"

-What else would it be? They're shameless guys.-

The skull principal took the criminals and Yi-Han and floated away.

The remaining students looked at his back with confusion-filled faces.

***

-You already used the bracelet of ten thousand demons? How much mana did you put in?-

The skull principal immediately figured out what had happened just by looking at the scene.

"I didn't particularly put in any?"

The skull principal called a skeletal hand and reached out to Yi-Han.

Coholti, who was on the path, was hit and startled.

"Pardon?"

-Look. Did you see what just happened?-

"I saw you getting angry at Senior Coholti?"

-I had no intention of hitting him at all, but he was hit just because he was on the way.-

'It seemed like you had the intention to hit him though...'

"Yes."

-That's how your mana is. You should have checked the changes in the bracelet yourself.-

"..."

Coholti, who was listening next to them, unconsciously said.

"How can a 1st-year do that...?"

-Quiet!-

"Mmph mmph mmph."