Chapter 407
“Then mercury… let’s deal with it.”
Professor Rji held back what he didn’t want to do.
“Wow… thank you.”
His disciple Lee Han also held back what he did not want to do.
A cabin where no one is happy. Professor Voladi alone was content.
* * *
Professor Voladi was not a talkative person.
But standards are relative.
In a secluded cabin with Professor Ihan Rji’s egg status basilisk, Professor Voladi became one of the most talkative.
“Transformation magic is important to a battle mage.”
“yes.”
“As I said last time…”
Professor Voladi explained how useful transformation magic is in battle.
Fast cast and low magic consumption.
It was much easier to stab opponents by transforming the bushes on the roadside into steel blades than strengthening defense and attack power individually with enchantment magic. The key to magic combat was its effectiveness.
And that wasn’t all.
Transformation wizards who have risen to some level used to change surrounding objects into living things or transform themselves into monsters without using summoning magic.
Professor Voladi poured out a long line, asking to imagine all these realms.
Of course, he said it calmly, but it sounded like that to Lee Han’s sullen ears.
‘If I can transform into a basilisk, will it be an extenuating factor if I accidentally swallow the professor?’
“By the way, Professor. Isn’t mercury toxic?”
“It is.”
Being a transformation wizard did not create all the materials in the world at random.
Rather, the more transforming wizards, the more careful they were to learn the types of substances that could be poisonous.
If you unknowingly accidentally mutate the wrong substance and end up poisoning yourself…
“I’ll have to learn how to handle it…but I’ll definitely have to learn how to resist poison first.”
While answering Lee Han’s words, Professor Leji suddenly had a good idea.
Handling mercury is also a law, but it was safe to learn poison resistance before learning it.
And the best way to learn poison resistance?
“Poison resistance is better for black magic than transformation magic…”
“I learned poison resistance in the first semester. professor. Wodanaz is also taking courses in black magic.”
“……”
“……”
Professor Bollardi’s reply made Professor Rji and Lee Han sullen once again.
The atmosphere in the cabin became awkward. Even the basilisk egg seemed awkward.
“Then… let’s just learn… how to deal with mercury.”
Professor Rigi held back a sigh and said.
“Then please take care of me.”
“?”
When Professor Voladi stood up and said that, Lee Han looked away in surprise.
what?
“Are you going?”
“okay. I have work to do.”
“Oh…”
Lee Han disguised a false sadness. Professor Voladi nodded in understanding.
“Don’t be impatient.”
“haha. All right.”
Han Lee even saw off Professor Voladi as he left the cabin. After that, I felt a little relieved.
‘for a moment. Professor Voladi has a lot to do… I don’t think there’s much?’
Come to think of it, Professor Voladi must have only Lee Han as his student right now?
When an ominous future came to mind, Lee Han resolutely pushed it away. Perhaps it was because he had learned the Foresight Magic, but it felt like a strangely ominous future kept disturbing his mind.
“after.”
When Lee Han let out a bitter sigh of relief, Professor Leji was slightly puzzled.
I couldn’t understand why he let out a sigh of relief.
Isn’t it the ambitious Wodanaj who has been aiming for more than the principal’s position since the first grade?
Why are you breathing such a sigh of relief?
‘Did I see it wrong?’
Professor Rji thought so and took out a reagent from his pocket.
Iron sulfide was a metal that was easier to obtain and handle than mercury, but it was easily converted because it had good compatibility with mercury.
It was quite convenient for beginner conversion wizards to handle.
“Oops. I left Hwang Hap-cheol behind.”
Lee Han’s face brightened.
“I’ll synthesize it now…”
Lee Han’s face darkened.
When the same thing happened twice, Professor Leji couldn’t believe it.
…no way?
“Mercury conversion… you don’t want to learn much, do you?”
“What do you mean, Professor? i want to learn Is the professor not in the mood to teach today? If that’s the case, I’ll wait.”
An exemplary answer popped out as if he had been waiting for it.
But Professor Rigi was not fooled. That answer was the same as Professor Rizzie’s in response to the Headmaster Skeleton’s troublesome order.
-Professor Rji. I heard that some of the northern noble families’ territories are haunted by suspicious transformation wizards. Could you come visit me during vacation? this. I don’t like the expression. Don’t you really want to go?
– What are you talking about, principal? i want to go Maybe the principal doesn’t want to let me go? If that’s the case, I’ll understand.
– Thank you. come on well
-……
The way people of the same kind recognize each other.
Professor Rji felt an intense intuition from his student that could not be explained logically.
…no way?
“Lee Han-kun. Answer honestly… No, that doesn’t make much sense. So let’s just listen. I want to skip the mercury transformation today.”
Lee Han didn’t protest, saying, ‘What are you talking about when it’s not enough to focus on the path of magic right now?’
Instead, it was silent.
Convinced, Professor Rizzi was really surprised.
I never thought my partner would have a personality similar to mine!
Then…
the only culprit was the principal.
‘oh my god. You’re doing too much.’
I knew from the beginning that he was a person who pushed his students harshly, but to force them to listen to all schools of magic.
It was clear that Wodanaz was enduring the harsh process just because he was gifted, regardless of his will.
It was an amazing yet sad story.
“I misunderstood. I thought that Lee Han-gun wanted to become the lord of Ein Rogard as the principal’s successor.”
“…yes???”
Lee Han tried not to answer for a while, but the answer came out inadvertently.
what the hell
“I don’t want to do it, but other professors put so much pressure on me, so it must have been a lot of pain.”
“I don’t know what you’re talking about. However, I am grateful to the professor for his concern.”
The two had a meaningful conversation. When Lee Han was happy, the basilisk egg wriggled with excitement.
* * *
When they heard that the < Call of Boltzmann > festival was going to be held in Einrogard, the clumsy wizards were delighted.
Isn’t it Ein Rogard, the enemy of Imperial magic?
Originally, it was a place you might never enter in your lifetime.
However, mages with wide feet or experienced wizards were very reluctant.
-Why in Ein Lorgard?
– I can’t even breathe properly.
A good ordinary person who doesn’t know anything would know, but the owner of Einrogard wasn’t kind to other magicians.
It was easy if you think of the wizard’s workshop.
Originally, the wizard’s workshop was like a wizard’s territory, so there were quite a few precautions when visiting.
As it is full of all the secrets and mysteries studied by the magician, you should avoid anything suspicious as much as possible.
The more demanding the owner of the workshop, the stricter the rules.
And the owner of Ein Rogard was a damn picky archmage.
-Do not visit unauthorized places. Also, even if it is an object without an owner, never…
“Okay. Got it. okay.”
After hearing the Death Knight’s warning until he was sick of it, the warlock Kutang moved on in disgust.
‘Did I come first for no reason?’
Nearby wizards interested in summoning magic were coming to Einrogard to participate in the festival, but among them, Kutang arrived one step sooner.
It was mostly because he was a black magician.
It was because it was annoying if we moved together with other wizards and talked on the street.
– My name is Tadingo and I am researching summoning magic. I’ve been learning magic for about seven years, and I learned it from a master from the Untara Guild.
-Nice to meet you! I am also Tadingo, who is researching summoning magic! I accidentally found a magic book and learned it on my own for about five years. By any chance, what is the name of the wizard?
-…My name is Kutang, who is researching black magic.
-…uh. hmm. oh.
– Black Black Magic! I’ve always been interested in black magic. Isn’t that… great magic anyway?
Having awkward conversations with wizards who aren’t usually interested in black magic only hurts.
Warlocks didn’t avoid interacting with other wizards for nothing.
‘I’ll have to avoid contact until the festival starts.’
Kutan thought so and looked around in search of a deserted place.
The school was so vast that it seemed sufficient to wait in a suitable forest or mountain until it began.
Cooung-
“!”
Coutan was taken aback.
Surprisingly, the young students were controlling the golems in an empty lot in the corner of the forest.
‘It’s really Einrogard! You look less than half my age, but I already have a golem…!’
It was even more surprising to see him move the massive golem and do chores.
Among ordinary wizards, no one tried to do chores with golems. Why do chores with a pet that is hard to make and hard to control like a golem?
There was only one reason.
‘It’s training.’
It wasn’t enough that he made a golem, and he even trained himself to move.
“surprising!”
“It’s an outsider!!”
A student at the White Tiger Tower screamed in surprise at the muttering behind him.
Kutan was even more surprised by that appearance.
“Jin calm down. You came in with permission! Here’s the permit given by Prince Gonadaltes…”
As the students of the White Tiger Tower rushed in and surrounded him in a circle, Kutan felt great pressure.
‘Why? don’t you believe me? Did you find out that he was a warlock?’
Fearing that he might be attacked by the Ein Lorgard students, Kutan was nervous.
“Maybe…”
“???”
“Do you have anything to eat?”
“……”
* * *
Kutang and the White Tiger Tower students quickly became friends. Coutan was slightly moved by the consideration of the students who did not forget their sense of humor to ease the tension of outsiders.
“You can eat slowly. I understand your sincerity.”
The students of the White Tiger Tower ravenously devoured sweet food no matter what Kutang said. It was to the point of fighting to take away even the cream from a friend’s finger.
‘…do you starve at school?’
Without thinking he had gotten the point, Coutan asked a question.
“You guys were controlling the golem earlier…”
“Kuhup.”
“Ouch. Cough Cough.”
The White Tiger Tower students started coughing like crazy.
“Um… did you give this to me by controlling the golem well?”
“yes? no.”
“Whew…”
“Thank God.”
“??”
When the students of the White Tiger Tower brushed their chests, Kutang was taken aback.
what?
“I’d like to ask you a few questions about steering. Is it okay?”
“That’s it.”
“Since we ate too, I want to answer you, but um.”
The White Tiger Tower students hesitated.
Won’t you tell me to spit it out?
“It was another friend who controlled this.”
“…yes? You mean you piloted it when you weren’t there?”
“So… I left the order…”
The White Tiger Tower students explained as best they could.
Originally, when manipulating golems, it was standard practice for a wizard to control them one by one, but once Wodanaz got the hang of it, he would order the golem to ‘do it this far’ for simple tasks and then go to another place.
Upon hearing the explanation, Kutan was genuinely surprised.
‘It wasn’t enough to make a golem, so they kept the order??’
Kutang was originally far from sociable, but there were exceptions.
The exception was when I saw something magically interesting.
“Thank you. It was really fun.”
“We ate really well too!”
After hearing Lee Han’s name, Kutang moved forward thinking that he should tell this interesting story to the black magicians he knew.
And after a while, Lee Han returned.
“Did nothing happen?”
“A wizard who came from outside for a festival looked around for a while and left.”
“There was nothing but that.”
“Right.”
For a moment, Lee Han was puzzled by the ominous creeping up.
‘what?’
A situation where there is nothing strange about it.
‘Isn’t the principal plotting some strange plot?’
