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Surviving as a Mage in a Magic Academy (Web Novel) - Chapter 897
Chapter 897
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Still, it wasnt a meaningless request.For now, the most dangerous person regarding thunderfire was Professor Boladi.
Of course, Professor Yonramo who taught transformation magic could also become dangerous, but based on experience so far, Professor Yonramo wasnt someone who would force things.
At least Professor Boladi said he would forget about it
Ive put out the urgent fire for now.
He awakened such magic but asks us to pretend we didnt see it and forget? I simply cannot understand. I may not be a mage, but shouldnt you strike iron while its hot?
I agree as well. To throw away an opportunity that comes once in ten thousand times, no matter how much of a top student he is, isnt that too arrogant! Opportunities are precious.
The knights who had been listening to the conversation murmured among themselves from behind.
Even to them who knew nothing about magic, Lee Hans current behavior seemed like throwing away fortune that had rolled right to him.
Whatever the reason, if he had succeeded in casting such a powerful high-level magic, he should have been grateful for the opportunity and thrown himself into it with all his heart and soul. Only then would he not forget it and make it part of himself.
Of course, from Lee Hans perspective, who was already working on five or six high-level magics similar to thunderfire, it was just annoying talk.
What do you mean once in ten thousand times!
Such opportunities just came naturally while attending lectures. By the knights logic, Lee Han should have mastered about ten 5th circle magics by now.
Theyre talking about once in ten thousand times. This is why mages hate knights.
When Lee Han first entered Einroguard, he had thought I should learn magic coolly and calmly, and not learn irrational hatred toward knights, but after dealing with White Tiger Tower friends and external knights, hatred naturally accumulated.
Wait, wait. Everyone calm down. Wardanaz has his circumstances too.
Perhaps noticing the hatred flashing in Lee Hans eyes, Professor Ingoldel stopped his friends.
What circumstances do you mean?
Hes already practicing several magics of similar level to that one, so he cant learn it right away.
Professor Ingoldel. Even if hes your disciple, such ridiculous lies are a bit
Professor Ingoldel almost drew his sword in frustration.
***
If Einroguards students built their own information networks to prepare for exams, Einroguards professors tried to catch them off guard.
This years Professor Thunderstep was one such professor. Green light flickered and surged from the lamp he was holding.
Kuk kuk kuk.
Hes my nephew, but really pathetic.
Professor Lightningstep thought to himself while watching Professor Thunderstep laugh wickedly.
Do you really need to go that far to deceive students?
Deceive? What nonsense are you talking about?
Professor Thunderstep bristled at his family elders words.
This was something any Einroguard professor had to do essentially.
If they didnt occasionally poke at students weak points, they would become arrogant and complacent.
Professor Kim doesnt seem to do such things
Professor Kim is too soft-hearted, thats why.
Professor Verdus doesnt seem to do such things either
That was a slip of the tongue just now. That wasnt a good example.
Thank you.
Professor Lightningstep apologized for using Professor Verdus as an example.
Come to think of it, Professor Verdus probably had no thoughts about exams at all.
Einroguard students are more cunning and petty than youd think. Upperclassmen and underclassmen band together tightly to try to fool professors!
Perhaps feeling wronged by the scolding, Professor Thunderstep vented his usual accumulated frustrations.
While 1st year students were somewhat better since they lived in isolation, 2nd year Einroguard students tried to pass exams using all sorts of tricks that professors could hardly imagine.
Asking upperclassmen to check records of previous exams or predict new exams was such a basic method.
If they prepared carelessly, they might suffer the humiliation of all students getting perfect scores.
Couldnt that happen? So youre going to set traps like this every time?
Even if doing it every time is too much, we need to catch them off guard occasionally. Thats how students stay alert.
When the impression formed that this professor is unpredictable, students would naturally become tense.
So even if not every time, they had to occasionally prepare exams that exceeded students expectations like this.
The trap Professor Thunderstep prepared for this upcoming exam was none other than Nephertem.
By showing students the Nephertem he was carefully cultivating, he would induce the misconception that this exam must be related to Nephertem.
Ive prepared it so cleverly that students wont even notice its a trap.
A hideout hidden below the cliff.
Powerful sinking incense blocking that hideout.
After breaking through such obstacles and discovering the Nephertem cultivation pond, they surely wouldnt suspect it was the professors trap.
Wait. If you hide it so carefully, couldnt the students fail to find it?
Professor Lightningstep raised an obvious question.
His nephews plan seemed plausible, but if students couldnt find it, Professor Thunderstep would just be doing pointless work alone.
Ive thought of that too.
What is it?
Theres that Wardanaz kid. Hell find it somehow.
Its annoyingly logical.
Professor Lightningstep thought to himself.
His nephew was definitely being unreasonable, but it was strangely hard to refute.
The Wardanaz family boy would probably really find something like that.
And Wardanaz wont hide such facts from his friends. Ha! Students are truly like reagents playing in a cauldron.
Stop with the annoying alchemist analogies. Please.
Professor Lightningstep scolded from the side, but Professor Thunderstep ignored him.
To work as a professor at this magic school, one had to know how to find enjoyment for oneself.
And one of Professor Thundersteps enjoyments was exactly this.
So the Nephertem isnt used for anything?
It will be used. To test the performance of the completed exam.
The students will be so pleased.
Even hearing the sarcastic remark, Professor Thunderstep laughed heartily.
Whatever Professor Lightningstep said only added to Professor Thundersteps enjoyment.
Whoosh!
The color of flames shooting from the lamp finally changed to purple. Professor Thundersteps purple sandalwood incense was complete.
The real exam for this One Drop of Potion Instead of Complex Magic lecture wasnt potion-making using Nephertem, but reversely dissolving this purple sandalwood incense.
Dissolving incense was tricky work that even excellent alchemists could easily make mistakes with. Even a small error would immediately mix up the incense and ceate a mess.
Complete dissolution was only possible by neutralizing the incense components one by one in reverse through precise analysis and careful progression.
The Nephertem will now be used to check whether the dissolution was done properly or not.
What a proper waste. More than that, isnt the exam too difficult? Isnt this a 2nd year exam?
As far as Professor Lightningstep knew, his nephews purple sandalwood incense was quite complex and difficult even among secret techniques.
Wasnt the difficulty too high for a 2nd year student exam?
At those words, Professor Thunderstep showed hesitation for the first time today.
This cant be helped. If I made it easy, that Wardanaz kid would help other friends and make the exam meaningless.
The words sounded plausible, but ultimately it meant he couldnt find an appropriate difficulty level and just brought a difficult exam.
Under Professor Lightningsteps reproachful gaze, Professor Thunderstep spoke as if making excuses.
Ill announce the content starting this weekend and give them a full week. Very generously.
Im sure you will
No. Honestly speaking, how much have those 2nd year kids benefited and lived comfortably thanks to Wardanaz? Then they should naturally bear with exams becoming difficult because of Wardanaz too!
This guy. Why is he so good at saying things that are hard to refute today?
Professor Lightningstep was once again overwhelmed by his nephews argument.
Certainly, considering the benefits 2nd year students had enjoyed, they shouldnt complain about exams being a bit difficult.
In the first place, hadnt the difficulty increased this much because he kept receiving help? In a way, it was his own doing.
Youre right. Yes. Something this difficult might actually be appropriate consideration when thinking about the average level of 2nd year students.
Haha! Thank you for understanding.
But let me ask you one last thing.
Professor Lightningstep asked with a cautious expression. At the serious attitude of the family elder, Professor Thunderstep found himself getting nervous for no reason.
What is he going to ask?
You said you prepared the Nephertem trap because you read Wardanazs movements, right?
Thats right.
And the exam difficulty increased because you read Wardanazs movements too?
You could say that.
Then why are you excluding the possibility that Wardanaz will easily solve this exam too?
At his opponents question, Professor Thunderstep relaxed and laughed heartily.
As expected, since he wasnt a professional alchemist, his shortcomings showed in areas like this.
Because thats impossible!
Huh?
I know Wardanaz has tremendous magic resistance, of course. Purple sandalwood incense wouldnt work on him either. But this isnt a resistance test, its a scent-breaking test. It has nothing to do with resistance. You have to analyze and dispel each one individually, and that requires knowledge and persistence. Theres absolutely no way to solve it easily.
Hmm. I may not be an outstanding alchemist like you, but Im wise enough not to use the word absolutely. There are no absolutes in magic, you know.
Professor Thunderstep grumbled in response as the family elder kept finding fault.
Of course there are no absolutes. If there were a powerful scent-breaking agent, it could be solved easily. Something like the elixir I made.
Do you have any made?
Ha! I destroyed even the ones I had made.
Professor Lightningstep made a slightly disgusted expression.
Does he really need to go that far?
What about other scent-breaking agents?
Well, equal incense or that would take a year to make. Dragon stone? Thats something youd only find in legends, wouldnt you say.
As Professor Thunderstep went through the list one by one, Professor Lightningstep finally had to acknowledge it.
Honestly, there didnt seem to be anything among those that an Einroguard student could obtain within a week.
Fine. Youre brilliant. But dont be too complacent. I may not know potions as well as you, but Ive seen more people, havent I? Wardanaz is a genius like the Principal.
Is that an insult?
Damn. Even though I said it, it does sound a bit like an insult.
***
Lee Han. What are you doing?
Oh. Im writing promotional copy for lectures so Senior Caten can accept many students next semester.
You know we have an exam next week, right?
I know that too, you know?
Lee Han got angry and snapped.
Lee Han knew about the exam too.
But what could he do? Professor Ingoldels teachings hadnt been much help to Senior Caten.
Ill just fill it with some plausible phrases and finish it.
Th Professor Thunderstep has gone crazy!!!
What?
What? What happened?
When a friend taking alchemy lectures burst into the common room with a pale face, everyone started murmuring.
This midterm exam has been released!
Isnt calling him crazy just because it came out early on the weekend a bit much?
Theres no Nephertem at all! Thats all I prepared for!
What a crazy professor!
The students immediately hurled curses.
What were they supposed to do when he gave an exam different from the content he announced in advance (though he hadnt actually announced it)!
