Chapter 213
The carriage flew like an arrow. It didn’t seem like it had passed much, but I could see the main gate of the magic school in the distance.
Lee Han felt a warm feeling as if he had returned home.
And I got goosebumps.
‘Have I been affected by mental magic?’
A lot of snow has melted.
The headmaster’s voice contained a hint of sadness. Lee Han cursed inwardly.
“It melted faster than expected.”
okay. I thought it would last a little longer. Didn’t it have to be done so quickly?
“I will be careful in the future.”
Lee Han gave a rough answer and got off the carriage.
There were still snow piled up in some places, but I didn’t feel the bitter cold like a few days ago.
It was a warm spring day.
‘Still, I’m glad I didn’t miss the weekend.’
Priests were seen everywhere. Lee Han put on a happy expression.
To meet the priests without spending the rest of Sunday.
That alone was lucky.
Even if the cold had lasted a little longer, the priests could have been stopped…
From behind, the voice of the skeleton headmaster full of pity was heard. Lee Han pretended not to hear and moved on.
* * *
“It must have been a lot of hard work.”
The priests of the Church of Fire, Church of Afha, said with a sad expression.
The students almost froze to death while they were gone.
I couldn’t help but feel sick.
“It wasn’t all bad, though. The cold made it easier to train with the fire element.”
At Lee Han’s words, the priests laughed. I thought it was a joke.
“Does Lee Han of the Wardanaz family always find the positive side of things?”
“If you have that kind of heart, you will be fine no matter what trials come your way.”
Lee Han, who was wearing a ring bracelet necklace of flame absorption, hesitated at that reaction.
“Did you think I was joking…?”
“ruler. Then, let’s go into fire training once again.”
Inside the tent, paper birds began to fly.
After learning how to control the movement of the flame to some extent, it was training to hit a moving target.
In fact, fitting in with Lee Han was not a difficult training in itself.
He had already manipulated other elements in far more complex and fine-grained ways.
The difficult thing for Lee Han was to keep the firepower constant while moving the flame and hitting the target.
With just a little bit of distraction, the flames grew in size and spread in all directions.
Other magicians who deal with the fire element summon the flame and infuse it with mana to maintain it, but Lee Han had to learn how to control his mana as close as possible to avoid running out of control after calling the flame.
…It was a bit unfair, but I couldn’t help it.
Roaring!
The sparks flying around Lee Han accurately hit the paper bird.
The faces of the priests brightened.
Compared to the last time, the firepower of the flames was remarkably stable.
Of course, I was wearing ten rings, four bracelets, and two necklaces of flame absorption, but even taking that into consideration, it was a very good development.
“Excellent! My skills have improved a lot.”
“Is that so?”
Even so, Lee Han felt a bit regretful.
The seasoned priests did not miss the regret in the voice of the boy from the Wodanaz family.
“Do you have any problems or concerns? Please feel free to tell me. Priests’ ears are always open.”
“That’s it…”
Lee Han slowly opened his mouth.
In fact, compared to other elements, the flame element was a narrowly versatile element and was specialized in several directions.
Water and soil could be used in a variety of ways, such as attacking, defending, and defending due to their unique flexibility, but
flames were quite ambiguous.
As such, when dealing with the fire element, he had no choice but to obsess over destructive power.
“As we focus on controlling the flames, even if we succeed, our power seems to weaken. I bumped into a monster a few days ago…”
The priests of the Aphha Church were not surprised by Lee Han’s words.
Anyone who handles flame elemental magic has had this problem at least once.
The characteristics of flame were obviously destructive, but when you actually experienced combat, you could see that it was surprisingly difficult to apply the flame element to combat.
No matter how destructive it is, it only has meaning once it reaches the enemy.
It was easy to make shapes with water or soil, and it was easy to move and speed up in that state.
Lightning was difficult to control and was an element that condensed tremendous speed in itself.
However, flame was difficult to form, and it was several times more difficult than other elements to move and speed up in that state.
In order to solve this problem, I had to make up my mind and maintain the form of ‘arrow’ or ‘spear’ properly and add the attribute of ‘shooting’ to completely overcome the disadvantages, but in this case, the circle difficulty jumped up sharply.
It wasn’t a method that someone who had just learned the fire element would try.
In the end, novice flame mages moved the flame slowly to attack the enemy, or summoned a wide range of flames to subdue the enemy, or else they used to deal with endowment magic.
“It is a concern for everyone. Lee Han of the Wodanaz family. It can be said that it is a transition period before the level of magic rises. Fire magic can be very disappointing if the opponent is prepared, especially as it is easy to block. However, if you do not give up and continue to practice, the level of magic will increase and your current concerns will be easily resolved. What kind of monsters did you face and did you feel the lack of power?”
The priests asked the name of the monster Lee Han faced.
It was to listen to weaknesses and give advice.
It would be better to know how to attack monsters than to fret to increase the power of fire magic right away.
“I heard that you are the king of the frost giants.”
“…You mean the king of the frost giants?”
“yes.”
“…It’s not a matter of fire magic, it’s because the opponent is too strong. Lee Han from the Wardanaz family.”
They were gentle priests of the Afha Church, but I couldn’t help but be serious about what they said just now.
To feel the power of fire magic against a powerful being like the King of the Frost Giants, how many rounds of magic would you need to cast…
“Wait. But why did you collide with the king of the frost giants?”
One of the priests noticed something odd and said,
Come to think of it, it was.
The name King of the Frost Giants was so strong that I almost missed it…
Lee Han was still in his first year.
There was no reason to clash with the king of the frost giants.
“We met by chance while helping seniors with their work.”
“What grade are you in?”
“yes?”
“What grade are you in?”
“I’m in the 4th grade… but.”
The priests whispered. Lee Han seemed to have heard words such as ‘garbage’ and ‘despicable people’.
“But thanks to this, my fire magic has increased.”
Still, since they are seniors who will see each other in the future, Lee Han went to the defense.
Of course, the seasoned priests of the church were not fooled by such words.
“Lee Han from the Wardanaz family. If you enter the dragon’s rarity and come out alive, there are many leftovers, but no one recommends entering the dragon’s rarity. From now on, you should never hang out with such seniors. They are very bad people.”
“All right.”
Since the priests were so serious, Lee Han nodded.
Even if I defended myself here, it seemed that only the seniors would become trash.
“Increase the speed of the bird.”
“yes.”
The priests began speeding up the paper birds. Lee Han concentrated and controlled the flames.
The flames, the size of an index finger, moved quickly and chased after the bird.
At that rapid growth, the priests forgot what they had just looked at and put on a pleased expression.
I couldn’t forgive him for letting the freshman meet the Frost Giant King… but
seeing that he’s grown up like this, it seems that the intense experience has served him well.
Hiss! Shhh!
“…?”
The priests, who increased the number and speed of paper birds whenever Lee Han succeeded, felt something out of place.
If you compare paper birds and flames, the former is bound to be faster, so from a certain point on, rather than shooting down all the paper birds, Lee Han had to maneuver them one by one and match them.
But now, the Wodanaz boy was just moving the sparks and making them explode.
By any comparison, they were faster than paper birds.
“Please increase your speed.”
The priest controlling the paper bird nodded. Paper birds flew as if they were determined to compete in speed.
Lee Han was so focused that he couldn’t hear the priests’ conversation. The paper bird sped through the air and sparks sped after him.
If you look at the speed of movement, there was no significant difference from other elements.
‘fast!’
Although the priests of the Aphha Order had seen all kinds of flames, they could not help but be surprised by the speed of these flames.
Can you get this much speed just by controlling it without any extra magic?
‘Right. Magical power…!’
Uncontrollable mana wasn’t the only downside.
The priests had never seen such fast-moving flames.
…Of course, I’ve never seen a novice mage who couldn’t control the flames because of too much magical power…
“It seems that meeting the Frost Giant King really helped me a lot.”
“Even if that were true, it wouldn’t be out of the question. Be careful.”
“sorry. I was short-tempered.”
“……”
After knocking down the paper bird, Lee Han paused at the conversation he heard next to him.
‘If we talk about it from now on, I’ll have to exclude seniors.’
It sounded a lot weirder than Lee Han thought.
* * *
Monday morning.
Professor Garcia’s face was very bright as he entered the classroom.
Lee Han also had a little anticipation for the positive energy.
‘Is something good going on?’
Monday, which usually comes after the weekend, was always painful, but magic school was a little more painful.
Every Monday, the summoned monsters were released, the skeleton headmaster dug a trap, the early winter arrived, or the skeleton headmaster attacked…
But looking at Professor Garcia’s face, I didn’t know if I could look forward to this week.
Is it really a calm and warm week coming?
“Is there anything good, Professor?”
“Good question.”
Professor Garcia said in an excited voice.
“Last night, I finally caught the monster lurking in the depths of the library. I was wrongly summoned and disturbed the students for months. Now, students will not be disturbed in their studies.”
“That… is that so?”
The first-year students in the classroom could not sympathize with Professor Garcia’s happiness.
In the first place, none of the first-year students had ever stepped into the depths of the library.
Ein Lorgard was already complex enough, but the library was one of the most prominent labyrinths.
Of course, there is no such thing as a systematic book classification, and an unruly labyrinth where the library you went to today will be replaced tomorrow!
As the first-year students also had their heads, they only looked for books near the relatively safe entrance and did not go further inside.
“Congratulations… congratulations?”
“congratulations?”
Still, because Professor Garcia said it, the students forced themselves to celebrate. Professor Garcia nodded happily.
“Professors who teach other lectures will now be able to take out books without hesitation.”
“…?”
Lee Han, who had been listening blankly, hesitated.
I felt an ominous sense of incompatibility.
“What professor?”
“Why is that? Lee Han student?”
“Have the lectures so far been comparatively less written?
“There must have been a lot of that.”
“Then it is highly likely that future lectures will use books from the library more?”
“Is that right?”
“……”
The complexion of the students who realized it belatedly began to change.
Cainando whispered.
“Wouldn’t it be closed for a while if the library was set on fire?”
