Life of a Magic Academy Mage

Episode 732

“I also want to solidify my foundation.”

“huh?”

Delet was genuinely puzzled.

It really didn’t seem like there was much need for the junior.

“Isn’t the poison element magic you can use right now about Circle 3?”

“It’s still incomplete.”

The magic that created < Poison of the Dead >, which I learned from the undead wizard Verdus, was about 3 circles, but I wasn’t able to cast it completely yet.

“Youngjae, you are such a perfectionist. “Other kids insist that they have mastered everything just by casting it.”

“No, it’s not perfect, so it’s called imperfect!”

Lee Han felt a little mortified.

Of course, if you give it time, you can bring out the poison, but isn’t this still incomplete?

“Bone element magic was circle 4.”

< Summon Skeleton Warrior > originally did not go until the 4th circle.

If you contract and summon an undead skeleton warrior, the difficulty goes down even further.

However, under pressure from some evil warlocks, Lee Han had to learn an ancient form of necromancy that is not often used these days, and the result was < Summon Skeleton Warrior >, a level 4 difficulty.

Since the magic involved the wizard assembling the bones one by one rather than summoning a being from another dimension, the level of difficulty was bound to be high.

Still, thanks to this, Lee Han’s bone element magic proficiency increased considerably. It was all thanks to continuing to struggle with < Summon Skeleton Warrior >.

“…Yes. But aren’t there some basics that I haven’t mastered yet?”

Delet was a kind senior.

Even when my junior was stubborn, instead of getting angry, I quietly did what he wanted.

Lee Han, who instantly succeeded in using the various basic magic techniques that Dirette had brought out, said with a sullen expression on his face.

“Let’s start with the difficult magic.”

“Good idea, junior.”

* * *

“Do you know why blood is not often used as an element?”

“yes.”

Even though the Empire’s warlocks dealt with bone, poison, and even the dark element, the reason they did not directly deal with the blood element was due to their inefficiency.

“But actually, it doesn’t mean that blood isn’t used as elemental magic. “Some magic criminals actually use it.”

“The principal?”

“…Junior. “When I say I’m a magic criminal, I’m not talking about metaphors, I’m talking about real magic criminals.”

Not only did the blood element lack attack power compared to the bone element, but it was also not easy to obtain or preserve.

In addition, there were cases where some magic criminals extorted large quantities of fresh blood needed for magic from innocent victims, so its popularity was bound to decline further.

However, the academic philosophy of this black magic, starting from Gonadaltes and continuing all the way to Professor Direth of Mortum, was ‘It is foolish not to use it just because it is not popular.’

Even when you meet someone who uses this, shouldn’t you know it well so you can attack their weaknesses?

Tak –

Dirette took out a small glass bottle and opened the cork cap, and red liquid flowed out from inside along with a gurgling sound.

There was a smell of blood, but there was a different magical energy in the air.

“This is artificial blood made through alchemy. I usually use this when casting blood elemental magic. “It has good scalability.”

Just as bone fragments containing magic were used as magic reagents, blood elemental magic often required the help of such reagents.

Lee Han noticed a different meaning in Direth’s words and asked.

“Are you saying that it cannot be used as a reagent for magic other than blood elemental magic?”

“that’s right.”

The senior from the dark magic school responded by waving his wings as if he was satisfied with his clever junior’s answer.

When casting blood elemental magic, it was inevitable because the requirements were so high, but real blood was bound to be more effective than artificial blood created through alchemy.

Direth took out a piece of bone that was tinged with blood.

“This is a piece of bone that has been periodically fed with my blood. It would have been okay to feed him artificial blood, but there is an advantage to feeding him my own blood. “You can easily control magic and use blood elemental magic when necessary.”

“understand.”

Lee Han also had a history of strengthening reagents by infusing dark elements into bones, so he quickly understood Direth’s words.

Using blood to strengthen bone fragments ultimately leads to strengthening bone element magic.

‘Even if you don’t overdo the use of blood elemental magic, its power increases just by applying it in this way.’

“Of course, dark elements and poison elements are generally preferred. The blood element has no special effects and its usage methods are somewhat limited… But like I said.”

“If you learn something, there will always be a place to use it, right?”

Delet nodded with a deep smile.

“Let’s start with this.”

“yes. But how difficult is this magic?”

Direth just smiled and did not respond, but only urged her with a wave of his hand.

Lee Han was skeptical, but he began to sprinkle his own blood little by little on the bone fragments.

“Blood, gather here…”

The bone fragments turned blood red and connected with Lee Han even more strongly than before.

Lee Han was able to understand the advantages of feeding his own blood that Direth had mentioned earlier.

If I summoned a skeleton warrior with this bone fragment, it seemed like much more detailed control would be possible.

“It was a success.”

“yes.”

“I didn’t bother to tell you how difficult it was because I thought it would be so. Even if I say it, it doesn’t mean anything, right?”

“…Just tell me…”

* * *

After that, Direth explained various magics that linked bones and blood, blood and poison, and poison and bones.

Magic that uses blood to amplify toxicity and magic that uses toxicity to explode bones and blow them around.

There were many diverse and difficult things, so Lee Han listened without losing focus.

“By the way, senior. “I suddenly became curious about something.”

“What?”

“What grade is this course?”

“3rd year. why?”

“…Don’t you find it a little strange for me to hear that?”

“uh? very?”

“……”

Delet took out his pocket watch, checked the time, and then opened his mouth.

“I have some time left. “You can go and come back.”

“If you have time left, how about resting? “I think you need some rest now.”

“The place I’m going now is rest. Junior.”

“?”

Delet smiled meaningfully and motioned for Lee Han to come out of the classroom.

Lee Han felt uneasy at that smile.

Usually, Einroguard wizards had a confident smile, which was not always a good thing.

“It’s a place I often go to whenever I’m having a hard time.”

‘Uhm. I’m getting more anxious.’

If the opponent was from the summoning magic school, it was true that I felt a little anxious as it was from the black magic school.

Wouldn’t it be possible to go to a place like a cemetery or an underground stone chamber in a swamp and take some rest?

Dirett was a good person, but even a good person’s tastes could be a little warped.

Delet opened the side road on the second basement floor and entered, lightly tapping on the wall of the endlessly long passage ahead.

Then, the stairs the two of them were stepping on trembled and they started running forward.

“!”

“It’s a little bit far from the main building.”

Delet explained so that Lee Han was not surprised.

Because Einrogard was so wide, older students did not walk when moving around. Otherwise, it would take too long.

One of the most frequently used methods was the side road connected to the main building.

As the main building of Einrogard has its history, many roads were connected to the Einrogard territory outside the main building, and as long as you find those paths well, they become side roads that allow you to easily go far with just one move.

thud!

“They are all here. “Let’s go out.”

Delet called up the stairs leading up and walked up first. Lee Han followed after him, worried that he might come across a cemetery or a poisonous swamp.

But fortunately there was no cemetery or the smell of rotting corpses. All I could hear around me was the sound of leaves rustling in the wind.

The place where the main building’s underground path connected was in the middle of the forest.

“Where are we?”

“Dark Forest. “If you look around, you’ll understand why it’s called that.”

Lee Han checked the forest beyond the clearing.

Even though it was broad daylight, the dark forest was full of dark green trees as if it were evening.

I could feel the dark element circulating among these trees and bushes as if it were circulating periodically.

“It’s a place full of dark elements?”

“that’s right. “It’s a good place for warlocks who use the dark element to recover their magic.”

As if it were true that he came here often, Delet brought a chair and a table.

After confirming that it was a safe place, Lee Han sat down on a chair and looked around.

‘It’s definitely a good place for warlocks.’

For students of the Black Magic School, a place with a strong dark element in this way was bound to be a good match.

Even if it does not deal with the dark element directly, the effect will be excellent due to the nature of its magical power.

In fact, Direth, who had used quite a bit of magic during today’s lecture, quickly recovered his magic power after breathing in the forest air a few times.

And aside from that, I felt Delet’s face brighten, as if he liked this forest itself.

“really. Junior. “Don’t tell the other juniors here.”

“Do you also mean to the seniors of the dark magic school?”

“Especially for them. I didn’t think it was necessary to tell you this far. “It’s not like they’re going up to the 5th grade.”

“All right.”

Lee Han, who was nodding his head, felt something strange.

I felt a sense of discomfort from what Senior Direth had just said.

‘Then I have to go to the 5th grade…?’

“for a moment! excuse me!”

“?”

“I have to catch that, junior. “It’s a dark snail!”

Direth, who discovered a rare animal living in the dark forest, urged Lee Han.

After summoning a summon, it quickly flew through the air and began chasing the dark snail.

“Hold on tight. Goes!”

Delet, carrying his junior, chased after a dark snail that was quickly running away from afar.

Lee Han, who sat behind him, checked the rapidly changing surrounding scenery and tried to prepare for a possible attack by another monster.

At that time, the scenery before my eyes changed.

“…?!”

Lee Han realized that he was seeing a fantasy due to the sudden scene.

Since you are in the middle of running through the air along a diret, there is no reason for such a scene to appear before your eyes.

‘what? Some illusion magic won’t work, right?’

Lee Han was embarrassed as he had already experienced that external illusion magic and poisons that tried to attack him did not work.

In the fantasy, a wizard dressed in classical clothing opened his mouth. The clothes were so unique and old that you couldn’t guess where they were from just by looking at their clothes.

-Master. I came here as you told me to. Please answer now. What should I, Antagondals, do?

‘!’

Lee Han’s eyes widened in shock because he had heard Antagondals’ name before.

Why did that magic criminal come to Einroguard’s territory?

However, the opponent in front of Antagondals was even more shocking.

Surprisingly, it was a skeleton headmaster in human form.

‘…!!!’

Normally, the skeleton principal in human form was not a kind and gentle person, but now the skeleton principal in the fantasy was as cold and arrogant as ice.

It seemed as if Antagondals was ignoring him even though he was in front of him.

When the skeleton headmaster did not say anything despite repeated pleas and requests, Antagondals looked slightly angry, but held back and opened his mouth again.

-Then I’ll wait! Master. Until you teach me again!

With those last words, the fantasy ended.

Direth shouted with joy as he watched the dark snail getting closer and closer.

“Junior! see?!”

“senior!!”

“uh!? what?! why!?”

When his junior suddenly grabbed his shoulder tightly and shouted, Direth almost lost his balance and stumbled.

But that was nothing compared to what my junior was trying to say right now.

“We’re in big trouble! The principal has finally gone crazy!!!”

“…I don’t know what you’re talking about, so explain it slowly!”