Surviving as a Mage in a Magic Academy - Chapter 507

Chapter 507

Chapter 507

The crow mixed-blood mage he was meeting for the first time hugged the straw doll with both arms and put it down.

"It may look roughly made, but it's a sturdy object with some magical treatment."

The dark element had powerful and unique properties, but it was not an element that easily dwelled in any object.

Even for the relatively easy water element, there were waterproof objects, but for the dark element, it was faster to just find an object it could dwell in.

The powerful and unique properties that were opposite to vitality actually hindered this process.

So even this shoddy-looking straw doll had to be made through some magical treatment.

"Of course, even considering that, it takes quite a long time. It has to be soaked in the dark element dozens of times."

To people who didn't know magic, magic was flashy, but in fact, magic had a larger proportion of tedious repetition and groundwork.

Even making a simple cursed straw doll took much longer than one might think.

"Now. Try it."

"Yes."

Yi-Han swung his staff and summoned the dark element.

It was actually easier than usual since there was a straw doll in front of him.

He just had to summon the dark element towards the straw doll and have it absorbed without needing to control the power.

However, despite the straw doll absorbing the dark element like that, the dark element was so intensely materialized behind Yi-Han that it was visible to the eye and exuding energy.

Direth shook her head and opened the window to call in the wind.

Although Direth had a strong resistance to the dark element since she specialized in it, she couldn't let her guard down in front of this junior.

A momentary mistake could lead to the closure of Professor Mortum's Darkness Chamber.

"Reduce your mana. It's enough now."

"Oh. Is that so?"

"Look behind... No. Focus."

She wanted to tell him to look behind, but Direth just increased the ventilation more.

If his concentration was broken, an accident could happen.

Kwaaah-

The straw doll that absorbed the dark element rapidly shrank in size.

Yi-Han was amazed to see the straw doll shrink to almost the size of his palm.

"Is this structure to compress the dark element and not expose it to the outside?"

"No. It's shrunk because it's completed."

"..."

"..."

The cursed straw doll, which should have taken several weeks to make, was completed right away, but Direth calmly responded.

"Professor! I'll go into the dungeon next door for a moment!"

"Why?"

"The straw doll is complete!"

"What? Ahem, why is that... Ah. I see. Go and come back."

Professor Mortum also calmly accepted it after a few coughs.

All the dark mages except Yi-Han were calmly accepting it.

"Is it normally okay to be completed this quickly? The problem is..."

"There's none. It just got done quickly because you injected too much dark element. Since the structure is simple, there's nothing to worry about, so don't worry."

Direth, who was speaking, hesitated.

"No. There could be a problem. Put in an appropriate amount of mana. It would be troublesome if the straw doll explodes."

"You said it was a sturdy object with magical treatment..."

Direth pretended not to hear the junior's question.

"Ah, ahem. Direth!"

Professor Mortum opened the door again and called Direth.

"Before going into the dungeon..."

"You're talking about the defensive artifact, right? I'll prepare it."

Since she was taking a 1st-year student into the underground dungeon, equipment like defensive artifacts was essential.

"Ahem. No. Bring Atalap's bones from the 2nd-floor warehouse. Take care of the defensive artifacts yourself... Honestly, there's not much need for them."

"..."

No matter what, isn't that too much for the junior going in?

Direth looked at Yi-Han and said.

"Don't worry too much."

"The professor just called your name..."

"Why are you, a 1st-year who's about to enter the dungeon, worrying about that first?"

—

The large and small dungeons hidden throughout Einroguard were so numerous that even the skull principal couldn't grasp them all.

Since the mana was so strong, there were bound to be many naturally occurring dungeons.

Some school students artificially secured or managed dungeons due to the nature of the magic they studied, and one of them was the dark magic school.

Due to the nature of dark magic, dungeons were necessary.

"This is a bracelet of ten thousand demons."

"Yes. ...Wait, what??"

Direth was shocked by the artifact that looked like the culprit no matter how you looked at it.

What crazy bastard made a 1st-year wear that?

—

After hearing the full explanation, Direth said firmly.

"The principal has really lost his mind."

"Senior. The walls have ears and..."

"Yes. I know. The principal has really lost his mind."

'Cool.'

Yi-Han was slightly moved by the spirit shown by the senior.

Isn't this what a senior is?

'When I become a senior, will I be able to confidently curse the professors?'

"Giving this to a 1st-year... Sigh. Forget it. Anyway, you can't use this artifact together then."

"I'm sorry."

"It's not your fault... And honestly, for someone like you, it's easy to block blood-sucking weasels."

Direth said that and turned around.

"?"

Yi-Han wanted to ask what that meant, but the crow mixed-blood mage he was meeting for the first time started walking, so he missed the timing.

'No...'

"The reason for raising blood-sucking weasels in this dungeon is that there are no monsters as good as blood-sucking weasels for checking dark elements. Stop there for a moment."

Direth put Yi-Han behind and walked forward.

After walking a few steps, something flashed in the darkness and 'thud' bumped into Direth.

"See? They rush right in?"

"Yes."

"Now let's experiment with this."

Direth threw the cursed doll she had prepared in front.

Then the blood-sucking weasels hesitated and couldn't get close to the cursed doll as if there was an invisible wall.

"They sensitively detect vitality, so they feel the ominousness caused by the dark element that much. Basically, if those guys can't approach, it can be considered successfully completed to some extent."

After finishing her words, Direth returned to her spot and gestured to Yi-Han. It meant it was the junior's turn.

"..."

"..."

Quiet silence.

When Yi-Han stood in front, the blood-sucking weasels became quiet even before he threw the cursed doll.

As if there were no monsters in the dungeon.

Instead of saying anything, Direth had Yi-Han come back.

"I'll test your doll."

"Thank you."

"Don't thank me for this..."

Direth checked the junior's cursed doll.

Seeing the blood-sucking weasels back away even further than before, the effect was very clear.

"You did well. I was a bit worried because the time was short, but there was no need for that. Expanding this basic process is the beginning of applying the dark element."

Controlling the cursed doll imbued with the dark element to specialize the curse, or imbuing it in other places.

Direth threw a blackened bone fragment into the air and summoned skeleton warriors.

Yi-Han admired the skeleton warriors exuding the dark element, unlike their original appearance.

This was an undead enhancement magic that combined other elemental magics.

Not only reinforcing the bones or making them sturdy, but also enhancing them with various attributes.

The magic was so sophisticated that it seemed like this much was necessary to be called a necromancer.

"Excellent! What a combination!"

"...Is this that great? You're really a bit unique..."

Direth was flustered by the junior's intense reaction to the undead summons.

It didn't feel bad, but usually, people didn't admire undead summons like this.

Especially if they were from a noble family!

"Then I'll try it."

Yi-Han took out a bone fragment from his reagent pouch.

"?"

Direth was puzzled by that sight.

She hadn't particularly shown it for him to do it today...?

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