Chapter 496
Now. What is the difference between the blood magic used by Professor Baegrek and the secret art of human sacrifice favored by magic criminals?
“If Professor Baegrek uses it, it’s legitimate magic permitted by imperial law, but isn’t it illegal if magic criminals use it?”
…That’s true, but focus on the magical element.
Professor Voladi’s blood magic was a secret technique that amplified mana using his own blood as a medium.
No matter how powerful and ancient the magician’s blood is, it couldn’t be good for the body to offer one’s own blood.
The higher the level of magic, the more complex the structure of magic and the greater the risk that the wizard must bear. How unstable would it be if this blood magic was added to it?
Seeing that the magician who was developing blood magic right away died in a magical accident, it was enough to guess.
So the magic criminals took a clever approach.
-Do I need to take the risk? It’s okay if someone else takes it.
“That’s the secret art of human sacrifice.”
okay. It’s a skill to avoid danger by sacrificing the bodies of those other than the magician himself.
Headmaster Skeleton gave a disapproving tsk-tsk.
Lee Han was very slightly moved.
I thought you were just a crazy wizard, but you know how to get angry at the damage that wizards do to civilians.
It was like seeing a different side of Headmaster Skeleton.
Expedients like that are self-defeating tricks that undermine one’s own skills. Magic isn’t a convenient skill that lets you do whatever you want. If you gain something, you lose something, and the dangers that follow are also magic. If you forget that, you will eventually fall.
“…ah. I thought the headmaster was angry with the evil crimes of the witch criminals.”
Well, that was also angry.
Skeleton Principal said roughly.
So what you need to learn is:
The artifacts rattled and then lined up in a row.
Familiarize yourself with the unique magic patterns felt in their secret arts. It will allow you to spot magical criminals first.
“indeed.”
really. If you find out first, kill it right away. Don’t get caught trying to be merciful.
“…Yeah… what.”
And you should learn Haeju (解呪).
“ah. I am confident of that.”
Lee Han prepared the so-called < Magic Hammer > that he learned from Baldororn.
The skeleton headmaster was dumbfounded at the sight of the disciple trying to blow it away with his ignorant magic.
‘Since he has a lot of magical power, he won’t get hurt even if he continues to do such ignorant things!’
If you were originally a different wizard, after doing it once or twice and getting in a bad way, ‘Oh, I was so ignorant! All wizards have to use intelligence to dispel magic, but they’re trying to destroy it with magic like a beast!’ He should have reflected, but this disciple had too much magical power, so he didn’t have a chance to reflect.
Instead of such ignorant methods… Shouldn’t you be able to stop them immediately when you see them cast?
Even the headmaster of the skeleton did not deny that he could break the completed magic by ignorantly wielding his magic power.
Other students said, ‘Why does a wizard need to study? It’s enough if I cut it off with a single sword with magic power!’
But that method was not invincible.
A truly outstanding wizard created magic to block even the shock coming from the outside…
Above all, if you had a talent like Wodanaz, you didn’t have to ignorantly gather your strength to break it. I just had to use my hair a little bit.
I’m sure you know about the magic counter concept.
“yes.”
counter.
Also called reverse magic, this concept was a concept that enchantment mages and healing mages should be especially familiar with.
Wizards embody magic by altering reality at a price commensurate with their will.
So what do I do to break the spell?
It was the standard to first fully understand the structure of the magic and then twist the weak link one by one.
Sometimes it was possible to destroy it with great force from the outside…
All these concepts were called counters.
It may not be very relevant just yet, but it will become more and more important as you go up. Try casting a spell.
Lee Han quickly prepared Suoctan. Towards the headmaster’s white, round skull.
For a moment, the skeleton principal’s eyes flashed.
Then, the magic Lee Han was preparing was messed up. As if impurities had entered the structure that was being formed with magic power.
Got it?
“Did you insert your magic into a weak link?”
okay.
Skeleton Principal said satisfactorily.
Even without any explanation, he immediately recognized what had happened on his own, so he was very satisfied with the teaching position.
Once you get used to the counter, this becomes possible. It interferes with the opponent’s magic casting itself.
If the structure of the completed magic could be grasped and dismantled, he could intervene in the process of completing the magic.
If you pierce your magic into the weak link of the opponent’s magic, that alone shakes, slows down, or cancels the delicate magic.
And that’s not all.
Headmaster Skeleton shot Lee Han’s wrist with magical energy.
Just as magic was pierced into the weak link of the opponent’s magic, similar things could be done to the wizard’s body.
It was much more advanced and complex, but once it succeeded, the opposing mage simply became incompetent.
The moment the mana flows, the counter I stabbed will activate and deal damage. Try it.
bang!
Huge magic power flowed out like a wave from within Lee Han, and the magic needle that the headmaster had pierced was shattered.
“?”
……
In an instant, an awkward air flowed.
…and that counter can be dispelled as well. just like this
“That’s right.”
Lee Han didn’t say anything.
The last one was a bit odd, but the magic counter was definitely a useful concept.
A skill that not only dispels completed magic, but also interferes with casting and actively restrains enemy wizards.
To use this against magic criminals, you had to learn about magic that magic criminals often use.
You must have learned the magic pattern felt in the artifact, right?
“No…”
Lee Han was dumbfounded at the appearance of the skeleton headmaster who was about to move on without giving him much time to look after the artifacts were laid out earlier.
“You showed me now and kept talking about magic. Hang on… Um. I’m done with it.”
Um-sal is truly the best in the empire. ruler. Next is the weak link. You must have felt the same while learning the pattern, right? Just check it out.
‘How did you know?’
Lee Han thought that he was not a great wizard for nothing.
The skill of blocking the intention of wanting to make progress a little slower was felt in the skeleton headmaster.
“How do you know?”
Are you seriously asking?
Headmaster Skeleton looked at Lee Han with the look of an idiot.
Can’t you be so self-objectifying?
ruler. Let’s do it ourselves: I’m going to cast it, so try stabbing your magic into the weak link.
“All right.”
Hurry up! After you’ve done all of this, you have to learn the magic effects of the artifacts.
“……”
* * *
Skeleton Principal’s ambitions unfortunately did not materialize.
As dawn and morning passed and the Friday sun rose above his head, the skeleton headmaster released Lee Han as if regretting it.
I guess I’ll have to do the artifact analysis next. Oops. Are you sleepy?
“yes.”
You don’t have to sleep when you become rich.
“……”
Lee Han walked out cursing at the skull principal.
I felt like my head was full because I had learned so many things at once while practicing reverse magic.
‘The sun feels especially dazzling…’
When I came out to the courtyard, I noticed that my friends were sweating all over the place.
I was given a day off, but it didn’t really mean much.
Many were blown away by the flood, so the work increased accordingly.
Lee Han sighed.
‘I have to restore the garden again. I hope the tree doesn’t blow away too much. Unlike vegetables, fruits will take some time… The blue dragon’s tower guys are doing well, right? The break room is flooded, so I’ll have to check it out. Has the firepit gone too? I added it at best, but it’s a waste…’
“Lady Wodanaz. Mr. Wodanaz.”
“hmm?”
Lee Han turned his head.
Ratford was welcoming Lee Han.
“Where are you from? I was worried because I hadn’t seen you since yesterday.”
“I was caught by the principal.”
“Oh…!”
Ratford was genuinely sorry.
Then he lowered his voice and asked.
“When I was young, I heard that His Majesty the Emperor is a fair person and reads every single accusation letter.”
“…Oh no. Not to that extent.”
is not it?
While Lee Han was talking, he himself was confused as to how much ‘that much’ was.
“Today is a holiday, right? What are you doing?”
“I was looking for some materials to rebuild the black market.”
Ratford shook the wooden plank he was holding.
Lee Han thought the wooden board was similar to the material of a classroom desk, but he said nothing.
“really. Ratford. There is one place I need to check, so could you go with me as a guide?”
Although he was busy going out because of the request, Lee Han did not forget the work of his graduate senior who was confined in the deep punishment room.
– Take this. This is the location of the room me and my friends used to have. There will be some useful ones left.
If there was something useful, I had to go and preoccupy it as soon as possible.
The only thing I learned while staying in Einrogard was that there was nothing good to be saved.
“It is not difficult. Before that…”
Ratford hesitated. Lee Han asked, puzzled.
“Is anything going on?”
“I think you need to get some sleep.”
“Are you okay?”
Ratford held out a mirror instead of explaining. Lee Han nodded as he saw himself in the mirror transformed into a vampire.
“I’ll go to sleep for a bit.”
* * *
Usually a tired person could not sleep a little.
Likewise, when Lee Han woke up, it was already evening.
– Shouldn’t I call the professor…
– My pulse was normal…
– Priest Siana. It’s not strange to sleep like a corpse anyway…
“…thanks everyone.”
Lee Han thanked the Phoenix Tower priests and went to see Ratford.
Lee Han, who was walking with a tomato, bacon, cheese, and lettuce sandwich between slices of rye bread in one hand, spotted Ratford approaching from afar.
“Are you ready?”
“yes.”
Lee Han glanced behind Ratford.
A group of Black Turtle Tower students were heading somewhere with fishing rods.
“Where are they going?”
“ah. To get things to the new reservoir created by this flood…”
‘I’ll have to go later.’
Lee Han was enticed by the exciting news, but the map came first.
‘The third floor of the main building.’
The main building, the oldest building in Einrogard, was as unpredictable as its history, but it had a general rule.
The lower the floor, the more stable it is, and the higher the floor, the more eccentric it is.
In that respect, the third floor of the main building was safe enough that even first-year students could step on it occasionally.
The fact that the seniors’ room is located on the 3rd floor of the main building is…
‘lucky’.
Well, I had a hard time, but there were times when I was lucky.
Ihan thought so and nodded.
The two first-year students climbed up the broken hallway on the second floor. Polymorph’s Forest, where < Mice in the Forest > is located, was nowhere to be seen today.
‘Go past the blue handkerchief classroom, turn left, and then knock on the ceiling to open a new hallway…’
Knock-thumb!
The walls disappeared, the ceiling became the floor, and roads were created that didn’t exist, but the two first-year students were already used to it and didn’t even pay attention.
“…for a moment.”
“Why is that?”
Lee Han frowned.
I didn’t understand the phrase written on the map.
…After that, if you walk up the ceiling, you’ll find a new classroom…
