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Surviving as a Mage in a Magic Academy Chapter 914
🕑 Added 2024-10-08 11:00:58 +0000 UTCChapter 914
Nevertheless, the Wardanaz family boy did not stop his attack.
The demand for accountability for points that might have been deducted had a destructive power akin to command magic.
-Can't you stop, you madman!-
"No. Are you getting angry now when you're the one who made the mistake?"
Yi-Han was shocked.
As expected of a magic criminal, his shamelessness was extraordinary.
To respond like that after giving wrong information?
-If you have time for that, you should be thinking more about how to deal with the tyrant.-
"I am thinking. If you're going to say such things, you should come up with a good plan first."
-I've just thought of one.-
"!"
Yi-Han looked at the hamster with surprised eyes (though he couldn't see well as it was buried in sawdust).
As expected of a great mage in his own right, to come up with a good idea.
"As expected! I believed in you."
-...-
"So what's the method?"
The hamster wanted to curse but held back and said.
-It's frustrating, but the arcane magic the tyrant possesses is profound and ancient. It's difficult for mortal beings like us in the current era to easily predict. In the end, to return him to his original state, we need to obtain his arcane magic.-
The tyrant was currently sealed by the Yaksha King who came from another realm.
If he were in his original state, the hamster would have tried to read the arcane magic and knowledge directly from the tyrant, but now that he had lost all his abilities after becoming a hamster, he planned to teach Yi-Han the method and entrust it to him.
-This magic is <Mnemosyne's Mirror>. It's a powerful magic created in the Three Kingdoms era.-
<Mnemosyne's Mirror> was magic that summoned a magical bronze mirror connected to the other party in midair.
One might say what's so great about summoning just one mirror, but the summoner could obtain desired information from the mirror through questions and answers.
When interrogating someone, it's not easy to obtain information if they have magical defense measures, but this magic pierces through such defenses.
-You'll need some skill as you have to find out through short questions and answers, but I'll give instructions from the side.-
"Amazing. I didn't know such magic existed."
Yi-Han sincerely admired it.
Perhaps that sincere admiration softened the hamster's anger, as the hamster squeaked in a much less angry voice.
-The horizon of magic is always more vast than one expects. We mages are just insignificant bugs before it. To become even a slightly larger bug, we must scrape together arcane magic.-
'What an unpleasant metaphor.'
Still, since the other had come up with a good method, Yi-Han only thought this inwardly.
"Wait. If we need to obtain information from Master, wouldn't it be better to directly peek at and experience Master's past?"
-You're spouting the most worthless nonsense I've heard recently. Why don't you wish to become the continent's only god and use that power to reverse summon the tyrant while you're at it?-
The hamster squeaked with full contempt.
Of course, what the Wardanaz family boy just said wasn't impossible.
But magic wasn't a convenient tool that did everything a mage wanted.
He couldn't even guess how much magic and arcane knowledge would be needed to realize what was just said.
"I asked because I thought there might be such a method."
-Just because the horizon of magic is vast doesn't mean you can spout any nonsense.-
The hamster admonished, no, squeaked with the dignity of a great mage for the first time in a while.
*
"Yi-Han. This is an old artifact called <Kairos's Scepter>. We're going to use this to directly experience the principal's past."
"..."
-...-
Yi-Han stared at the hamster. The hamster was so dumbfounded he couldn't speak.
Who could have known they would have such an overpowered artifact?
-That's not magic but an ancient artifact from the Three Kingdoms era...!-
"It's alright."
Yi-Han spoke first to the hamster who was trying to make excuses.
"It's that Professor Garcia is amazing, not that you're inadequate. Isn't that right?"
Often, when people thought of magic criminals, they imagined magic monsters who devoted themselves to magic without caring about imperial laws and morals, advancing one step ahead of others.
But Yi-Han's thoughts were a bit different.
Wouldn't the mages of a magic school that inherited the oldest magical orthodoxy in the empire and received the largest scale of support from the empire to research magic be more proficient in magic than magic criminals?
The latter seemed like they wouldn't be able to concentrate properly on research while wandering cold wastelands avoiding pursuit.
'Originally, unlicensed researchers' skills aren't as good as one might think.'
Yi-Han's kind consideration didn't really resonate with the hamster.
Realizing that this young brat was trying to console him patronizingly, the hamster was more enraged than mocked.
-$%*&$@^&!@!-
'What era's language is that?'
Unfortunately, Yi-Han hadn't yet learned many past languages and couldn't understand the hamster's words.
"Yi-Han. I wanted to give you more time to prepare, but it's such an urgent matter that I have to rush you. Is that alright?"
"Ah. Yes. You can start right away. I'm ready."
At Professor Garcia's call, Yi-Han nodded and raised his gaze.
And he was a bit surprised.
"...Uh, Professor."
"What's wrong, Yi-Han?"
"Ah, it's nothing."
Yi-Han was flustered at the sight of Professor Garcia who had somehow taken out and put on an antique plate armor he had never seen before.
Rather than suiting her well, it gave off an awkward feeling as if a mage who had never worn armor in her life had forcibly put it on.
"Professor. Professor."
Yi-Han called Professor Boladi.
After all, an expert would know best about such things.
"Professor Garcia seems nervous, will she be alright?"
In fact, Yi-Han felt a bit embarrassed even as he asked.
Who was worrying about whom!
Though she hadn't specifically trained in magic combat, Professor Garcia was a genius who had learned all the existing imperial magic schools and was a master of time magic, space magic, and fist magic.
In some ways, it could be seen as arrogant for Yi-Han to worry about such a person.
'But I can't help worrying.'
"It looks a bit dangerous."
"!"
Yi-Han's heart sank at Professor Boladi's words.
As expected, even to an expert, Professor Garcia seemed to be showing signs of nervousness now.
"Then what should we do?"
"I'm entrusting you with her protection."
"?"
Yi-Han turned around for a moment.
Hearing Professor Boladi's words, he wondered if there was someone else around to take charge of Professor Garcia's protection.
Of course, there was naturally no one else around.
"...Ah, you mean me??"
"?"
Professor Boladi looked at his disciple with slight puzzlement.
Though he didn't say it out loud, Yi-Han could hear the voice in his heart saying 'Who else but you?'
"I'm not sure if I can dare to protect Professor Garcia."
At his disciple's modesty, Professor Boladi looked at him intently once again. Then he spoke briefly.
"You're sufficient."
'No matter how I think about it, if it's an enemy Professor Garcia can't handle, I'll probably be blown away with her.'
Though he felt a bit disgruntled, Yi-Han accepted for now.
And in fact, if they were traveling to a dangerous place, it was good for Yi-Han too to have Professor Garcia in the party.
Wouldn't there be someone to stop Professor Boladi if he gave an unreasonable order?
If Professor Garcia weren't there...
-There are ten of the strongest ancient mages over there. Go and bring back their heads.-
-Professor!-
...This could easily happen.
While Yi-Han and Professor Boladi were talking, Professor Garcia finished preparing the magic holding the scepter.
"Everyone come over here."
The mana emitted from the scepter split into sixty branches, then split into sixty again, and then into twenty-four.
Professor Garcia fell into a state of pure concentration without any distracting thoughts.
No matter how powerful the ancient artifact's power was, she couldn't leave everything to the artifact.
The fact that the power was strong was in some ways a double-edged sword, meaning that if control was lost, it could immediately harm the mage themselves.
<Kairos's Scepter> was a precious artifact and treasure specially managed even at Einroguard, but it wasn't omnipotent.
It couldn't be easily used to briefly experience sunrise three days ago, or briefly experience noon two days ago.
Only to the moment the caster strongly focused on.
Once they entered that moment and finished experiencing it, the scepter also needed rest and recharging.
'Scepter, take us to the time where the clue to this problem lies!'
Wooong-
Along with an indescribably low vibration sound, the scepter's light enveloped the mages.
When all the work was finished, Professor Garcia unknowingly had a different thought for a moment.
'But with Yi-Han here, recharging shouldn't be too difficult...'
*
Pop!
"Huff, huff, huff, huff."
Professor Garcia breathed heavily with a pale blue face.
Even if all the work was finished, to be careless while using an artifact!
It was an unforgivable mistake for a mage researching ancient artifacts.
Yi-Han was greatly surprised inwardly seeing the professor's appearance.
'It's no ordinary artifact. For Professor Garcia to be so exhausted.'
Of course, using a powerful ancient artifact wouldn't be an easy task, but he hadn't expected Professor Garcia to be this tired.
"Professor. Thank you. To use such a dangerous artifact for my sake."
"...???"
Professor Garcia wondered what her disciple was talking about.
This scepter wasn't that dangerous of an artifact?
"What are you... Oh. Over there!"
Professor Garcia pointed behind.
A unique scenery that couldn't be seen in the current continental empire entered their view.
From the buildings to the attire of the people running around, nothing was the same as now. Yi-Han realized he had certainly come to a distant past.
-Obey, all races. To me, Esadojiqua, chief adjutant and foremost herald of the Anger Duke!-
"...Gasp!"
Professor Garcia wasn't just surprised by the changed scenery.
In one corner of her view, a huge demon was leading an army and carrying out an attack.
The demon had an appearance reminiscent of a minotaur, and every time it rolled its foot, barriers crumbled, and every time it swung its arm, gates were shattered.
To Yi-Han, who had only seen demons being bullied by mages usually, the demon army that seemed like it would only appear in old stories was a powerful shock.
The people in the small town behind activated the magic of the barriers and towers to block the demons' attacks, but the difference in power was obvious to anyone.
-Demon, how dare you invade the territory of the Kingdom of Margada. How impudent!-
Fortunately, support arrived soon.
Yi-Han was surprised once again at the sight of over hundreds of magic golems running across the plain.
He knew they had fought fiercely, but he didn't know it was to this extent.
"We're moving. The demons will soon discover us."
At Professor Boladi's words, the group came to their senses.
Seeing the demon army retreating, it seemed likely they would soon discover this side too. They had to move to avoid unnecessary fighting.
"We need to ask about the principal's location, but can we enter the town?"
"It's difficult, Yi-Han. How the people of that time will think of us..."
Professor Garcia was cautious.
Of course, Professor Garcia also knew something about old customs from what she had learned in literature.
Everyone in this group was an outstanding mage, and mages were highly respected in ancient times, so it was possible things could be resolved easily.
"Oh!"
Just then, patrol members who had come out of the town were seen. Professor Garcia greeted carefully.
"Hello? We are..."
"Judging by your attire, are you escaped slaves?"
"..."
