Episode 057
puck!
There was a dull sound.
The iron ball sent by Lee Han with his magic went straight into the mud golem.
However, what happened after that was different from Lee Han’s expectations.
“!”
Lee Han’s complexion changed.
The connection with the iron ball was broken.
The iron ball trapped inside the mud golem’s huge body no longer came out.
‘I was complacent.’
Lee Han clicked his tongue.
The mud golem is a monster that maintains its gigantic body with magical power.
If an object connected by magic entered inside, there was a high possibility that it would be disturbed by the mud golem’s magic.
Rattling-
The bone summoner waved his hand. It was as if he was asking me to let him go.
“Can you take it out? Then… go!”
As soon as Lee Han’s command was given, the bone summons flew in.
The bone summoner, chugging and climbing on top of the mud golem, tried hard to remove the iron ball embedded in its back.
“……”
“……”
However, the iron ball was embedded too deeply. The bone summoner whined and struggled with its hands, but could not reach the iron ball.
“done. “Come out the back.”
The bone summoner became sullen and escaped.
Fortunately, the mud golem didn’t attack me.
‘I guess I don’t have to use invisibility magic.’
Lee Han was even preparing to run away in case of emergency, but he corrected his posture again and prepared to attack.
The iron ball was blocked…
‘Water beads are possible.’
I hated to admit it, but the time had come to once again admit that Professor Boladi’s teachings were useful.
Thanks to practicing magic while avoiding Professor Boladi’s memorization techniques, Lee Han was able to summon water beads.
The problem was its destructive power.
‘Isn’t it weaker than an iron ball?’
Even though it was raining everywhere right now, the reason why Lee Han threw the iron ball first was because of its destructive power.
Moreover, the process for making iron beads was simple.
Float it, focus, and fly it.
The material was heavy and it was easy to concentrate, so the destructive power was bound to be better.
In comparison, water beads were disadvantageous in many ways. The process was also much more difficult.
You have to bring in water, gather it into a bead shape, and manipulate it to fly.
Several times more processes than iron beads.
There was a reason why Lee Han, who was perfect with steel beads, was beaten by Professor Boladi because he couldn’t handle water beads perfectly.
“Spring up!”
Lee Han first floated a water bead.
Water sprang into the air and soon a compressed sphere was formed. Perhaps because it was raining, it felt much easier.
puck!
‘It doesn’t work either.’
The water ball exploded, but its destructive power was weaker than the iron ball before. You could tell just by looking at the depth of the mud.
The bone summoner seemed to feel the same way and shook his body.
‘Let’s think about it. Even if the professors were a beast without blood or tears and had lost a human heart, they would not have prepared a golem like this without any strategy.’
Lee Han was deep in thought again.
Of course, this golem was not prepared by Professor Thunderwalk, but Lee Han had no way of knowing that.
‘Professor Thunderwalker probably knows that I am taking classes under Professor Boladi. I’ll also talk with Professor Boladi. If you make the most of the magic you learned from Professor Boladi, there may be a way.’
Round and round.
Lee Han raised his head.
The water beads were spinning in a circle. Lee Han burst out laughing at that sight.
Thanks to Professor Boladi, I was unconsciously drawing circles even when I was still.
At that moment, something flashed in Lee Han’s mind.
‘What if the water bead itself rotates quickly?’
The penetration power will be higher if you rotate the water ball rather than just fly it.
Lee Han stopped drawing circles with the water beads and started rotating them.
Shhh!
* * *
When Professor Ingalldell seemed to be sulking, the headmaster sent a telepathic message to the thunderous professor.
-Try something.
Professor Ingalldell was a rare talent that was difficult to find even at a magic school.
I couldn’t even imagine what would happen next if Professor Ingalldel resigned from his position as a professor and left.
The headmaster of the skeleton would also have to go to the emperor and write a letter of apology such as ‘I did not harass him on purpose’, and make excuses to imperial dignitaries such as ‘I did not harass the prosecutors on purpose’, and go to the knights and say ‘Really, I did not harass the prosecutors’. I had to say, ‘I won’t harass you, so just give me one swordsmanship professor.’
It was terrifying to even imagine.
-Why me…
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The Thunderwalking Professor grumbled, but went down to the basement of the cabin and poured a lot of mead from the dwarf’s special liquor barrel.
Because the other person was the principal.
-Don’t forget the snacks.
“……”
The thunderous professor picked up smoked meats and vegetables from the shelves in the cabin.
At that time, I also noticed the vegetables that Lee Han had harvested and left behind.
‘Oh. ‘I was going to eat this.’
As he had robbed the cabin frugally, he intended to eat the first vegetables he had harvested himself.
However, the skeleton principal had the wit of a ghost.
– Surely you wouldn’t bring delicious food just for yourself?
‘Shit.’
The thunderous professor gave up and brought everything with him.
thud!
“now. Professor Ingalldel. Please have some. “It’s my own mead, vegetables I grow in my garden, and meat I smoke myself.”
oh my god! This is a drink made by our alchemy professor! It’s a heavenly taste that can’t be found anywhere else in the empire!
“……”
The skeleton principal wasn’t very good at giving compliments.
Fortunately, Professor Ingalldel was a good elf. He tipped his glass and gave a compliment.
“It tastes really good. “Thunderwalking Professor.”
“Thank you for this.”
That’s not an empty remark; it was really delicious.
A great alchemist is a great cook and a great brewer. It couldn’t be tasteless.
When the atmosphere seemed to have relaxed, Principal Skeleton spoke in a warm voice.
There is no need to worry too much about the students. Because it was much harder in my time.
“……”
“……”
The two relatively young professors remained silent as the skeletal principal spoke of ‘my time’ going back to ancient times.
Well, everything must have been difficult back then…!
And there are a lot of interesting new students this year. You will overcome any crisis on your own.
“That is correct.”
Professor Ingalldell nodded with a humble expression.
Listening to the skeleton principal’s words, I felt quite a bit like he was overprotective.
Of course, it could have been because I was a little drunk.
yes? Among the students who went to the mountains right now, the one from the Wardanaz family is quite brilliant, isn’t he?
The other two professors also agreed with the skeleton principal’s words.
Lee Han was receiving attention from all three people here, so it was a topic he couldn’t help but sympathize with.
When the two relatively young professors sympathized with him, Principal Skeleton felt better.
okay. So don’t worry too much. The guy from the Wardanaz family I mentioned earlier is smart enough to learn my magic book on his own, and the other guy is…
“?”
“?”
The two professors, who had been quietly drinking mead and listening, stopped.
“What did you just say?”
what?
“…You said you know your magic book and can learn it well…?”
Professor Ingalldell as well as Professor Thunderwalked looked at the skeleton headmaster with a shocked expression.
Of course, professors could teach students individually. It was only natural that I went to school to learn magic.
But Principal Skeleton was a bit of an exception.
As you can see from what I just said, isn’t he an ancient madman whose way of thinking is a bit different from that of today’s professors?
The skeleton principal realized that he had made a mistake.
As a wizard who has existed since ancient times, the headmaster of the skeleton pushed back instead of backing down from this situation.
I’m the principal and representative of this school, but I can’t even teach you what I want!!
“……”
“……”
Principal Skeleton sensed that the atmosphere was not good. The two professors did not take it lightly.
Realizing that he was at a disadvantage, Principal Skeleton changed direction.
I’m not the only one. Professor Boladi Bagrek also teaches personally. If you think about it, you are also teaching me personally!
The skill of subtly attracting both absent and present professors like a water ghost.
Indeed, he was not an ancient old wizard for nothing.
“No… I only teach at a first grade level. The same goes for Professor Bagrek. But not you!”
Thunderwalk said as if it were absurd.
The tasks that Thunder Gait asked Lee Han to do were very safe, with no chance of him going crazy, even if it was a bit physically difficult.
In comparison, that skeletal principal was a person who would teach all kinds of esoteric and strange magic even if the opponent was a first year student.
Professor Bagrek also teaches magic that is not suitable for first-year level. Last time I heard about it, they were actually teaching 3rd circle magic.
After making a noise, the skeleton principal focused the topic on Professor Boladi Bagrek, who was absent.
And it wasn’t even a lie.
Last time I heard it, Professor Boladi was indeed teaching something similar to 3-circle magic.
-Last time, a boy from the Wardanaz family passed the training to draw a circle perfectly with an iron ball.
-Is that so? Excellent as expected. Even though it’s a 1-circle spell, it would be difficult to show that level of control using 1-circle magic.
-So I moved on to the next process.
-What was the next step? Is it water magic? It would be circle 2.
The circle, which is a measure of the difficulty of magic, is determined by the number of magic casting steps.
The magic that summons water and keeps it in the form of a bead is Circle 2.
-I succeeded in making a bead out of water and now I am making it draw a circle.
If you add manipulation to it, it’s actually 3 circles.
Of course, the result was the same, but that didn’t mean it was a 3-circle magic.
3-Circle Magic had to weave all these processes together with one wand motion and one spell and manifest them in reality at once.
Strictly speaking, it was not 3-circle magic to complete it by working separately to summon water, shape it into a bead, and turn it in a circle.
But even this was a great thing.
In the end, if you get used to magic and become faster, isn’t it proof that you can use 3-circle magic?
Who would have thought that a first year student who was struggling with 2nd circle magic would be able to complete that now.
Any other professor would have been surprised, but the skeleton principal accepted it coolly.
-Right. It’s a good thing.
And then I thought:
‘Professor Boladi is like this too, so I guess there’s no problem if I teach him some magic personally!’
“What kind of dwarf is that sound of grazing?! “Professor Bagrek is Professor Bagrek, and your magic is your magic!”
Of course, the thunderous professor did not fall for the principal’s words.
Frankly, it was questionable whether Professor Bagrek was really teaching 3rd Circle magic, and even if that was true, the principal’s teachings felt much more threatening.
I’m teaching really safely! We only teach magic that is appropriate for your level. I swear on my honor!
“……”
“……”
I swear by my magic!
“ah. “If that’s the case…”
“Then I will believe it.”
After swearing by magic, the two professors managed to dispel their doubts.
I suspected that he was trying to destroy a first-year student’s brain by teaching him ancient magic that even the principal could not understand.
Fortunately, that didn’t seem to be the case.
“But what is Professor Bagrek teaching?”
Water attribute combat magic.
The two professors were impressed after hearing the principal explain in detail.
As the principal said, it wasn’t really a 3rd circle magic, but it was truly surprising that a first grader could show such perfection in magic.
Amazing results that are only possible when talent and effort combine!
“I’m not a wizard so I don’t know, but is it common for that level of achievement to be achieved in that grade?”
“It’s very rare. It’s probably very close to the properties of water. Of course, that’s not enough, you need a lot of other talents… Wait, Professor Bagrek specializes in magic combat, right? So are you training it repeatedly now? “It’s a tremendous strain on not only your magical power, but also your mental power…”
Oh my. What a bad person.
“……”
Well, I won’t do any more than that. There were no problems with the training I’m doing now, so isn’t it worth doing? The difficulty level of magic is currently difficult, so it won’t go up any further.
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Easy profit!
‘Completed.’
A ball of water spinning violently in place while making a sound.
Lee Han raised his pounding head and looked up at the mud golem.
