How to Survive at the Academy Chapter 213

King of Dunjae (1)

“no.”

It’s not often that a resolute refusal comes out of Lucy’s lips.

“I could die.”

It was clear that the clear intention of refusal was the result of worry.

While reading a book while leaning on a tree, Lucy’s hair bounced as she jumped to the floor. He looks up at me with his blank eyes and brings up a bloody story as if it were nothing.

“I don’t want to kill you. I can’t even control the power of high-level magic.”

“Of course I don’t want to die either.”

It was so obvious that there was no need to emphasize it.

“There is a ‘Delheim Hourglass’ among the magical engineering supplies that I made in advance. Once you hold this, you will never be hit by a single blow.”

“Your body hurts.”

“If you can get results in a short period of time while taking care of everything you need to take care of, everyone will do it.”

Lucy would understand my feeling of wanting to increase my growth rate even faster.

The resurrection of the Holy Spear Dragon, Velbrok, will not happen as predicted. As with most cases.

“I don’t have time for that. Keep sparring with me from now on. At least until you learn high-level magic, you’ll have to keep bumping into each other. If it was like before, the sparring itself wouldn’t have been established… but at least now, I’m never killed in a single blow.”

It is said that it is a world of magic where experience becomes skill, but no one wants to learn while walking a tightrope, even their lives. In the first place, there was no magician who could manifest high-ranking magic dozens of times.

However, as long as she was at the level of Lucy Meiril, it was possible as long as she made up her mind.

When fighting the evil god Mebula, Lucy, who did her best, wielded an insane level of magic power enough to cast up to the highest level of magic in a state where more than 50 high-level laws were manifested at once.

When he wakes up from a deep sleep, he even recovers dozens of mana in one night, so there is no better match opponent than this.

The opportunity to unrestrictedly pit the greatest talent in history against a gifted mage doesn’t come to everyone.

When I had just entered this body, there was a greater chance that I wouldn’t be able to withstand even a single blow, so I didn’t even dare to try… It’s a completely different story now. My growth is already on track to some degree.

If you want to learn high-level magic with this body, which takes a year to raise even one magic response, there will be no other way than to head madly.

“Rather, if you put it halfway in your hand, you’ll only get hurt and the hourglass won’t activate. So, I’d rather use a harpoon to increase my firepower.”

“It’s not difficult, but I still hate it. I’m against it.”

It’s rare that Lucy expresses her opinions so decisively.

“I don’t want you to get hurt.”

“Lucy. Please understand my urgency. You know.”

“…”

For a long time, we stood looking at each other. The snowball fight continued without promise, but there was no sign of backing down from each other.

After a while, Lucy let out a deep sigh and pressed the large witch’s hat tightly.

“okay.”

The place is the cliff at the northern end of Aken Island. Tall, strangely shaped cliffs stretch along the coast. If you stand at the end and look down, it is a sight that gives you goosebumps. Hesser once fell stabbed here around the time of the student council president election. Even thinking about it now, it wasn’t something I would do with my mind.

If you come in a little further from the cliff area, there is an open meadow. It is also the farthest away from the Sylvania site, and there are almost no people. It was safe to say that very few students made it this far north through the northern forest.

The wind blowing along the meadow makes the collar flutter.

The hem of Lucy’s skirt, who is facing me at a distance, is also blown away by the wind in the grassland area. Lucy, who is staring at me while holding down her hat so that it doesn’t fly off, slowly manifests her magic power.

I am in perfect condition. Not only my physical condition, but also my magical power has been completely restored, and all the spirits I can mobilize have been manifested.

Inscribes a new spirit formula into the dagger held in reverse. To the ceremonial dagger that has already been given Mug’s spirit formula, ‘Volksom’, this time, Merilda’s spirit formula, ‘Crosswind’, is added.

It’s a dagger that I’ve been carrying since the beginning of my survival life. Not only my weapon proficiency, but also the sensitivity to my magical power has gone up to the limit. The level of the high-ranking spirit’s spirit ceremony was acceptable without difficulty.

Merilda’s Spirit Ceremony, “Cross Wind,” is a technique that instantly releases magic that shatters and weakens the enemy’s mana from the imprinted Spirit Ceremony.

Magic attacks are as fast as one. It is difficult to express the spirit ceremony according to the timing. Nevertheless, it can be said that the defensive performance alone is amazing.

However, it is unknown if it can block Lucy’s high-level magic. Rather, it is much more likely that Lucy’s magic will lightly pierce the spirit ceremony. Still, it’s better than being hit directly.

“…”

In the gust of wind, Lucy raised a hand.

By casually clenching his fists, he gathered mana that ordinary wizards could only gather by concentrating their minds until they were exhausted.

From the point of view of a magician, this is too irrational for sensitivity and efficiency.

As it is, Lucy doesn’t change her expression——

― Kwakwang!!!!!

Just as it was, he struck a blow of lightning.

The flow of the manifested magic was invisible. It was mostly thanks to her reflexes and the appropriate response of Merilda, who had been manifesting the law squad in human form.

― Cooung!!!

― Wheeik!!

– patter

I quickly lifted the dagger I was holding in reverse, and pressed the hand holding the dagger with my other arm to hold it.

It is said that it is in human form to improve magical efficiency, but it is still a high-ranking spirit. Merilda, who swiftly injected her mana into her spirit ceremony with her white hair waving, was breaking out in a cold sweat.

Blocked it just fine. It was a surprisingly perfect response.

However, blocking it does not mean that there is no impact.

I couldn’t defend it more perfectly than this, but I felt the bones in my whole body quiver with the recoil.

Traces of smoke rising up. The fluttering collar and hair from the magic shock returned to their original place… My legs were shaking with shock.

“Keugh…”

I looked at the hand holding the dagger with a frown. Mana was leaking from the overloaded elemental ceremony.

“But… more than I thought, I can easily endure it…”

Wasn’t the result of training over the past years in vain? No matter how rare a genius magician’s high-level magic is, it’s not enough to cause a single blow.

That thought… It was still too early.

“That’s not high-ranking magic.”

“…”

“To get an estimate, I used the lieutenant magic first.”

Lieutenant Lightning Magic ‘Lightning Spear’

A medium-level magic that pierces opponents by throwing a spear of lightning. Come to think of it, it seems to have taken that form. I couldn’t see it because it was so fast.

The aftermath of the impact rippled around me, charring all the grass within a radius of several meters. It is not the power of a normal lightning spear.

Even if it was the same middle rank magic, the rank magic used by Lucy Meiril was different. I did know that.

“Now… go…”

Lucy had a very unwilling expression on her face, but since she was determined to join in, she was determined to do it right.

High-ranking lightning magic ‘Demon Punishment’. High-level explosion magic ‘Destruction’, high-level freezing magic ‘Permafrost’, high-level fire magic ‘Fireball’, high-level light magic ‘Cutting Light’, high-level dark magic ‘Nightmare Swamp’, high-level ground magic ‘Ant Hell’, high-level wind magic ‘The Eye of the Storm’…

If you learn even one of these magics, it is said that as a wizard, you have risen to a level that deserves respect from everyone.

If you don’t directly receive it… you can’t easily embody the flow or principle of that magical power.

I laughed out loud. Even if it was reckless, there was no surer way than this.

Before long, as he slowly closed and opened his eyes, he withdrew his smile. He narrowed his brows and clenched his teeth as he raised his venomous eyes.

Power went into the hand holding the dagger with a crackling sound.

*― Everyone worked hard during the festival preparation period. From tomorrow, the Crestol Grand Festival will finally begin.

― Let’s work closely with the academic staff to finish this event well so that no unpleasant incidents occur during the festival.

Obel Building, which boasts an antique look right next to the student plaza, is a relatively recent building.

As the building was built to provide a new space for student council activities, which are increasingly empowered and responsible… The interior was mainly filled with practical spaces.

Among them, in the conference room where all the student members were gathered, President Tanya told the story to the student members with amplification magic.

Everyone had a lot of trouble preparing for the festival throughout last month, and while we enjoy the Crestol Grand Festival, let’s do our part as student members. It was roughly like that.

Student council president Tanya was the focal point, and the student members clapped and cheered in unison. The preparation period for the festival, which was like hell, is finally over, so if you somehow manage to spend this great festival that continues throughout this week, you will return to your daily routine.

Time goes so fast.

Ziggs, who was standing with his arms folded against the wall at the far end of the conference room, spoke to himself.

Indeed, this month leading up to the festival preparation period was so busy that I couldn’t breathe.

The class curriculum had to follow the curriculum, review the festival progress plan of each club department, support parts to be supported, suture conflicts, and even check the external visit schedule.

Even so, he shouldn’t be neglecting Elka’s sick care, so Ziggs was really busy running around to the point where he wondered if he had two bodies. I just feel grateful to Elka, who follows her whenever there is a student council schedule.

“Ziggs senior. You worked hard during the preparation period.”

The student council president, Tanya, who came down from the podium while being welcomed by the students, spoke as she brushed off the hem of her antique skirt.

While you and I were both fighting and exchanging wills, Tanya was on her way to the Trix building with Anise for her next schedule.

“No. The president has suffered the most. And the things that need to be dealt with from now on are the most important.”

“Heo-eok… that’s right… anyway, the senior action committee members shouldn’t relax either. His Majesty the Emperor Chloel is going to come in person…”

“Have you finished reviewing your visit schedule?”

“Yes… Two days later, you will come in mid-morning, and after having luncheon, you will visit the school, participate in the event, give a speech, and watch the combined competition. Senior Pehlbrain will review the luncheon menu, and seniors Clinic and Anis will take the tour route. I’ll take care of this and check it out for you.”

“Then I guess I’ll have to review the schedule for the unification competition once more.”

“Yes. In order to proceed without a hitch, please review the participant schedule once again and announce all the parts to be announced.”

“I see. President Tanya.”

Ziggs nodded with his arms folded, then spoke with a smile.

“By the way, you’ve been looking good lately. Chairman Tanya. The division of duties must have worked very well.”

“Yeah, that’s right… Certainly, the workload itself was higher during the preparation period for the festival, but it was manageable because we organized it a bit.

“Isn’t that how everyone learns?

“Well, it’s because everyone is busy. The festival period is the period when the whole school is busy. Brother Ed, isn’t there any problem? This time, we’re caught up with Dyke-senpai.”

“I’ll check it while reviewing the conference schedule. Lastly, I’ll have to check the schedule.”

Ziggs answered, and then he was deep in thought.

Come to think of it, everyone around Ziggs seemed distraught. Each had different reasons, though.

Tanya, well, I plan to be busy from now on.

Taily feels like she’s in a state of meditation. His companion Ayla, for some unknown reason, has been shutting himself in the library all month, going through his catalog as if trying to find something. He looked like he wanted to find out something.

The library’s librarian, Elka, told me that he seems to be borrowing all the books about the great sage Sylvania, a historical figure.

Ziggs had a vague idea of ​​what Ayla was thinking, but he didn’t bother to say it.

Yenica Failover seemed preoccupied with studying the manners of a new aristocrat after rising to the rank of baron. Sometimes she walks down the street and sees her standing at a distance, and she poses in the air, or spits out words that look dignified when she is alone… She was ashamed of herself and it was not easy to see her rubbing her face.

If he pretended to know him in that state, he would surely die instantly from shame, so whenever that happened, Ziggs would pass by at a distance without talking to him as much as possible.

Lucy Meiril has reached the point where she is found more in Ed’s camp than in the bachelor’s, so it’s hard to hear her current status. I heard that recently, for Lucy, she often seems tired… As much as her magic power alone, she would be saddened to be second to her, but she wondered what to do to get tired of it.

If you want to dig deeper, you can, but it’s an invasion of privacy. Just because you’re a senior member of the student council’s activism, it’s not good to try to dig into the students’ personal parts.

At least it was Lortel who often showed her face. As it was the festival period when consumption increased, it seemed that Elte Trading Company had also increased its logistics manpower to row the oars. Thanks to that, there were many small negotiations with the student council, so I came to Obel Hall often… Most maintained a favorable attitude.

Other than that, the other characters were the same as always, except for Clevius, who was unusual.

He usually had a gloomy look with rotten dynamic eyes and ominous voices and mutterings, but… Lately, Clevius’ appearance has become more gloomy than I thought.

When Ziggs asked after a day, Clevius just shook his head and lamented what a family thing was all about. Clevius, like Clevius, has a lot of troubles. In fact, it was natural.

So while Ziggs was busy preparing for the festival, he was even listening to the trends of his acquaintances.

“Then, President Tanya. We will listen to the plan from the Academic Headquarters for Her Majesty Chloel’s visit schedule, and we will set up a specific route so that we can move accordingly. We will have to get approval right away when it’s done, so don’t get stuck in a corner. Aren’t they hard to find?”

“I’m sorry, but I’ve graduated from the habit of hiding in dark and shady places, senior Ziggs. What do you think of me as?”

“Didn’t you just hide under the cupboard in the kitchen room yesterday and get caught? The student members keep staring at you with sad eyes, so if you’re going to hide, hide somewhere where people can hide.”

“…Did Anis-senpai say that?”

“Senir, who is in charge of managing the storage materials, opened the cupboard door and fell out of surprise. I was the one who bandaged the scratch on his ankle.”

“…I must apologize to Senir Action Committee…”

Tanya hesitated and averted her gaze with a sidelong glance. Still, it’s fortunate that he behaves like an old-fashioned aristocrat on the podium.

“Then, prepare well for the opening ceremony tomorrow.

Ziggs pushed the wall he was leaning against with his shoulder blades and stood up.

“I’ll have to review the contest participants again.”

“Yes, thank you for your hard work, please upload the report and documents through senior Anis.”

Ziggs smiled softly, nodded, and left the conference room.

*

“If you go to the northern cliff, you will be there. After returning home, I will be there every day and come back late at night.”

When Ziggs went to the camp to find Ed, he was gone.

It was only that Jenika, who had been sitting by the campfire, greeted Ziggs instead.

After thanking Yenika for telling Ed’s location with a worried look on her face, she continued to cross the northern forest to the cliff area.

It is a forest that occupies most of the northern part of Aken Island, but even Ziggs, who jogs every day, can see the geography to some extent. Even so, it wasn’t even halfway there, and the further north we went, the more unfamiliar geography was filled with it.

Anyway, from here on out, it’s the realm of Ed Roth Taylor, who is living in the forest. The deeper and deeper one goes, the fewer people have a complete grasp of geography.

But one thing is for sure, if you just keep going north, you will come to a cliff area. In fact, if you know just one thing, you won’t get lost much.

The sight of the forest that continues quietly makes it easy to organize your thoughts.

There are many people who attend the competition, but in the end, the place that attracts people’s attention is the integrated competition where the head of each grade attends.

After going on for a while, it was around the time the northern end of Aken Island came out.

As soon as he saw the open grassland after the forest, Ziggs gasped for breath.

The aftermath of the intense magical power can be felt even here. The amount of magical power that has settled deep in this vast meadow… It’s not a level that a normal wizard can achieve.

Ziggs stepped out into the grasslands with a frown on his face, doubting his eyes.

“Huh…billion…”

A rock standing straight up on one side of the grassland.

Leaning back there, Ed Rosteyler sat there, bleeding.

The surrounding area was a mess due to the aftermath of all kinds of magic. The meadow where the grass stretched all the way was dug up and blown away in places, and there was even a trace of a tree being pulled out entirely.

“Eh, senior Ed…”

“What is it… Ziggs…”

As soon as he heard the voice, Ed opened his eyes.

It wasn’t that he had fallen unconscious, nor that he was sleeping. He was sitting still and resting.

“This… what is all this…”

“I did some training…”

As Ed slowly tried to stand up, his clothes were torn here and there.

Ed’s appearance was devastating when he barely got up, but the reason Ziggs swallowed his breath was a bit different.

Ed’s sensitivity to the magic power flowing through his body and the amount itself were completely different from before.

Does it feel like the venom in his eyes has grown to a higher level than before?

Ziggs knows what this feels like.

Beware of the wolf with many scars.

It was a story that was regarded as a proverb in the northern steppes.

Yellow, who survived after overcoming fatal wounds several times, is several times more ferocious and smart than humans.

The more a person endures extreme moments over and over again, the sharper his life becomes.

Ed Rosteeler pushes up his legs while leaning his back on a huge rock, slowly getting himself up. His magic power was already easily surpassing that of a student.

A sparring with Lucy Meiril, which ordinary people can’t stand even one match.

Somehow, he trained and trained again and again, and succeeded in equipping himself with specs capable of withstanding even that attack. Of course, it was very difficult to endure the two sums.

The process of repeating the battle with Lucy several times every day in that state to increase the magic response is to the point where even the old wolves who go through life and death countless times bow their heads. This was close to self-abuse.

As a result, even though Ed Roth Taylor is close to dying… He succeeded in acquiring enough magical power to be able to use even high-level magic.

Even Ziggs, who was not lazy in training every day, had no choice but to swallow dry saliva at that madness.

“Ed… senior…”

“Yeah… It was probably during the festival period…”

Ed Rosteeler, groping his face, wiping the blood from his temples, managed to keep himself steady.

“I’m going to… wash up… go to the opening ceremony…”

If anyone continues to grow, it is bound to hit a wall and become frustrated.

If you don’t have a natural sense and natural ability, you’ll have no choice but to bang your head into the wall until it finally breaks.

It was the fate of those who were born with dullness.