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Surviving as a Mage in a Magic Academy Chapter 675
🕑 Added 2024-07-20 03:10:02 +0000 UTCChapter 675
As Yi-Han's magic unfolded again, an even thicker bolt of lightning than before pierced through the black shadow.
Crack!
Instantly, the curse returned to Yi-Han but disappeared without having any effect.
Only after being hit three more times did the Taotie realize that Yi-Han was an opponent who couldn't be defeated by curses. After removing the curse of retribution wrapped around its skin, the Taotie let out an evil cry.
-■■■■■■!-
"Well done. I'll handle the rest!"
Professor Bentozol didn't miss the opening as the Taotie changed its stance.
In an instant, he threw himself off the cliff, transformed into a giant white wyvern, and viciously bit into the Taotie.
The wyvern, known for its ferocity and viciousness even among dragon subspecies with dragon blood mixed in, boasted a savage attacking power and inflicted damage on the Taotie.
-■!-
-Die, you stone bastard!-
The Taotie shook its body, screaming in pain. The black shadow changed shape, trying to intercept the white wyvern.
However, Professor Bentozol bit and tore at the beast, not caring whether the Taotie ripped him apart or not.
As the white frost venom imbued in the white wyvern's teeth began to take effect, the Taotie's movements slowed.
Seeing this, Yi-Han felt a chill down his spine. This was a fighting style closer to a berserker than a mage.
'I should avoid provoking the professor too much in the future...'
The Taotie seemed to feel similarly. Sensing that engaging in a grappling match with this crazy mage would only result in its own loss, it changed its strategy.
-Block it! It's invading!-
"!"
Yi-Han was startled to see an ominous shadow burrowing through the fog surrounding the mountain peak.
"No, you said not to show any openings, but how can you go outside, Professor!"
After saying with his own mouth 'The Taotie is cunning, so it might only target the unicorn, don't show any openings', he himself rushed out to fight!
-I did that because I could kill the beast! Block it somehow!-
Yi-Han was dumbfounded.
'He calls that an explanation...'
At that moment, the injured unicorn staggered and looked at Yi-Han. Its gaze, alternating between its foal and Yi-Han, was filled with desperation.
"...Don't worry! I'll block it somehow!"
Yi-Han chanted magic, resolved to use even his trump cards if absolutely necessary.
"Light fog, spread!"
As soon as the defensive spell ended, the Taotie that had burrowed through the fog took shape.
Unlike its huge form outside, it was only about the size of a wild dog, but the ominousness emanating from it was extraordinary.
Yi-Han relied on <Bagrak's Momentary Divination> and initiated the first attack.
Whoosh!
The staff transformed into a lightning spear, and the lightning imbued in his cloak spewed out bolts around him.
The Taotie opened its maw and shot out sticky darkness. The darkness that collided with the lightning began to creep up the staff.
Dark element that impacts the very vitality that all living beings possess.
The Taotie, which freely handled such dark elements, was truly a tricky monster.
The problem was that the Taotie's opponent was also a very tricky mage.
Yi-Han casually shook off the sticky darkness creeping up and chanted a spell.
"Darkness, gather here."
As tremendous mana burst forth, control of the darkness spewed out by the Taotie shifted to Yi-Han.
While control over elements in elemental magic could shift depending on the situation, snatching away elements controlled by the opponent so easily was a different story.
The Taotie seemed dumbfounded too, as it blinked its evil eyes and glared at Yi-Han.
Of course, Yi-Han had no intention of waiting.
"Darkness, sweep through!"
The Taotie gritted its teeth, changed its body back into a shadow, and dodged the attack.
'...Not to be underestimated.'
Yi-Han glared at the Taotie while thinking. The Taotie was probably thinking something similar about Yi-Han.
The enemy's movements were freely changeable and fast, making it difficult for Yi-Han to hit.
At the same time, the Taotie's special abilities didn't work on Yi-Han. Attacks that relied on simple principles and brute force, like curses or dark elements, couldn't overcome the wall of immense mana.
Crack!
The sound of the Taotie's spine breaking was heard from far away.
Professor Bentozol, transformed into a giant white wyvern, shouted savagely while bleeding all over his body.
-Hold on a little longer! I'll come help after tearing this beast apart!-
"Take care of your own life first, Professor!"
-I wasn't talking to you, I was talking to the unicorn!-
"..."
Yi-Han regretted worrying needlessly and moved again.
"Freeze according to your master's command!"
Yi-Han's ice clone sprang forward from the light fog. The Taotie instinctively pounced on the ice clone, aiming for its vital points.
"Become agile like the wind."
Gonadaltes' agility magic settled on Yi-Han.
Not stopping there, Yi-Han even used the <Limited Time Acceleration> magic.
'I'll definitely deal damage!'
Thwack!
Physical abilities mobilizing various enhancement magic and mana. With time acceleration added on top, Yi-Han's charge reached a speed similar to the charges shown by the empire's sword masters.
Belatedly realizing it was a clone, the Taotie tried to pull back its body, but its reaction was a beat too late. As Mana Hammer deeply sliced through its body, the Taotie screamed in agony.
-■■!
The black jade stone sword that absorbed mana was a fatal weakness for a clone body made of mana like Mana Hammer.
Thinking it could no longer maintain the clone, the Taotie began dividing its body with a vicious killing intent in its eyes.
Buzz-
With a sound like a swarm of bees, black insects scattered through the air, aiming for the unicorn's foal behind. The unicorn's foal was too frightened to even dodge.
"!"
Yi-Han clicked his tongue, acutely feeling how vicious evil-aligned monsters could be.
Einroguard's professors and demons, though they seemed crazy, were relatively orderly and compliant beings.
In contrast, wild monsters with evil natures tried to bite others even when their limbs were flying off.
'I'll block it with my body!'
Yi-Han moved, trusting in his mana. With little time left, blocking with his body was the safest option.
Thwack thwack thwack thwack thwack!
The Taotie, transformed into a swarm of black insects, collided fiercely with Yi-Han and tried to burrow inside.
However, nothing happened, to the point where the ominous momentum and sound became embarrassing.
The Taotie's main body being bitten far away glared at Yi-Han with resentment and disbelief.
What kind of bastard was this??
-Die!-
With a final cracking sound, Professor Bentozol finally ended the Taotie's life.
Landing after undoing his transformation, the professor, covered in blood, shouted.
"Is the unicorn safe?!"
"Yes. It's fine."
Yi-Han checked on the unicorn's foal. Fortunately, since Yi-Han had blocked all the insect swarms, it didn't have even a small scratch.
"Are you alright, Professor?"
"This much is just a scratch!"
A pool of blood was forming under Professor Bentozol's feet, but Yi-Han pretended not to see.
"You blocked well. Well done! The Taotie's attacks aren't easy to block, but you caught them like catching mice! You have the talent of a shepherd..."
Professor Bentozol seemed quite pleased that Yi-Han had blocked the attack with his body, abandoning his usual mischievous attitude and praising him.
As he walked over while speaking, the unicorn's foal let out a frightened cry.
The professor's current appearance was too ferocious.
"Ah, oh dear. I scared you! I'm sorry, I'm sorry!"
Professor Bentozol hurriedly tried to soothe the unicorn foal while covering his bleeding forehead. It didn't seem to help much in removing its fear.
"Wouldn't it be better to treat your wounds first?"
"Who doesn't know that?! Wounds made by that beast's curses and dark elements don't heal easily. It takes time."
"Is that so?"
Yi-Han answered, thinking 'I see', as he didn't have any wounds from curses or dark elements.
Professor Bentozol was about to get angry and curse but held back. He had just made some achievements, but he didn't want to scare the unicorn's foal.
The unicorn's foal slowly hid behind Yi-Han and peeked out its head. Professor Bentozol spoke in a pleased voice.
"Look at those clever movements. Isn't it so cute?"
"I understand, so please focus on treating yourself quickly, Professor."
"Take care of it more!"
At the professor's shout, the unicorn's foal shrank back in surprise. Professor Bentozol hit his own mouth with his fist.
"This mouth, this useless mouth!"
"...Professor. Just go over there for a bit."
Yi-Han, whose patience was reaching its limit, drove Professor Bentozol away.
He had intended to keep the professor nearby and receive teachings for his knowledge, but seeing how he was acting now, it seemed better to push him away and communicate directly with the unicorn himself.
"Yi-Han!"
Just then, his friends came up from below.
The battle they had fought at the campsite must have been quite intense, as they were all covered in dust with tired faces.
"Monsters came rushing down below!"
"I know. The Taotie attacked here too."
Gainando spoke in an indignant voice.
"What on earth is Professor Bungaegor doing!"
"That's what I'm saying!"
"Aah! A talking corpse!"
"..."
Professor Bentozol was about to shout at Gainando but held back and wrapped bandages.
Swish-
The adult unicorn looked around at the students who had come up, then approached Nillia.
As the unicorn that had rejected her earlier approached again, Nillia was puzzled.
"Why... Uh, uhh. What?! Why?!"
Nillia shouted in confusion as the unicorn tugged on her sleeve.
Watching this, Professor Bentozol slapped his knee.
"I got it!"
"Got what?"
"The unicorn didn't chase her away out of jealousy for other spirits! Unicorns aren't narrow-minded enough to be jealous of spirits! It kept someone who could protect it nearby because of the dangerous situation!"
Earlier, it had kept Yi-Han nearby because of the dangerous situation as he seemed reliable, and now that it was safe after defeating the Taotie, it brought Nillia to its side.
Professor Bentozol sneered at Yi-Han triumphantly.
"It didn't like you! Right, that couldn't be! It just used you!"
"Uh, then isn't it a problem that it brought Yi-Han when you were here, Professor? It means the unicorn didn't trust you..."
"Cough."
Professor Bentozol coughed up blood that had pooled in his mouth in surprise.
"It-it probably called one more person because more is better."
Meanwhile, the unicorn's foal was dozing off, lying on Yi-Han's lap as he sat.
The students were about to point that out but stopped.
If Professor Bentozol coughed up blood one more time, he might really collapse.
***
Professor Bungaegor and the hunters returned an hour later.
"Where have you been wandering to come back so late!"
"...Was there an attack by the Taotie?"
"There was!"
"I thought so."
Professor Bungaegor let out a deep sigh after hearing the situation.
"You knew? If you knew, you should have rushed back quickly! How would you have taken responsibility if the unicorn had been injured!"
"Professor Bentozol. You seem to be injured right now..."
"Even if I'm injured, I can still point things out!"
"That's not what I meant. I meant, do you want to get beaten up by me in your current injured state?"
"..."
Professor Bentozol's anger subsided a bit. Professor Bungaegor slowly opened her mouth.
"We're also on our way back after killing one Taotie. But there was one more."
"!"
Professor Bentozol was shocked.
To think there were so many of these troublesome beasts.
"That's nonsense!"
"I thought so too. Taotie aren't usually creatures that live in groups. But there are always exceptions. Let's send the people outside and hunt them ourselves. It could be a bit dangerous for the students if there are multiple."
"No."
"?"
Professor Bungaegor was puzzled when Professor Bentozol firmly refused.
"Is there another way besides this right now?"
"If there are multiple Taotie, we need to move the unicorn first. The remaining people can buy time. It's too dangerous for the foal if we're attacked while moving."
Professor Bungaegor looked at him as if he couldn't believe it.
"Hey. Two of the Taotie have died now. Can't you imagine how heated they must be? Take them with you. Be satisfied with that."
"No! We must move the unicorn first no matter what."
"You really seem to want to get beaten until you die..."
Professor Bungaegor, perhaps tired from defeating one Taotie, began to emit killing intent.
Professor Bentozol wasn't in good shape either, but he wasn't someone to back down in this situation.
As the two professors were about to clash seriously, the students watched with excited gazes.
Yonaire, who was somewhat sane, whispered to Yi-Han.
"Shouldn't we stop them somehow?"
"Yeah. That's why I called."
"...Who?"
"The principal."
Yi-Han shook a copper ring.
It was a rescue signal ring that could summon the skull principal.
