How to Survive at the Academy Chapter 80

Freshman Class Placement Test (4)

Joseph Whitefelts, who received the position of researcher at the youngest age at the Tog Magic Society, which is supported by the imperial castle.

Although he was a talented person who didn’t even need to come all the way to Sylvania to learn basic magic, you can tell how practical he is by the fact that he dared to get a diploma.

Even magic science research is only being conducted because it is profitable, and there is no such thing as academic sublimity to him.

Joseph is the younger brother of Dorothy Whitefelts, who is the head of the pension department among the preparatory seniors.

Unlike his embittered sister, he has a quiet and gentle personality… On the contrary, the magic he studies is noisy.

While still a freshman, he knows how to use middle-level magic. Even three of them.

Lieutenant Fire Magic ‘One Point Explosion’, Lieutenant Freezing Magic ‘Ice Spear’, and Lieutenant Earth Magic ‘Earth Crushing’… He was a wizard who could not be seen at the level of a freshman.

He was a talented person with a reason for passing the ordeal of illusion magic at the forefront.

Of course, the head of the Ministry of Magic deserves to be glared at, and if Wade Calamore of the Combat Department is surpassed, he could even aim for the head of the grade level.

Her hair is shaggy and messy because she doesn’t like to cut it. The front hair is raised with a thin-rimmed headband to keep it all-back, but the back hair is almost scattered.

“Okay, go ahead.”

Traces of an explosion are scattered around the entrance to the altar. Anis quietly lowered her head beneath it.

The match between a wizard and a wizard is quick to decide.

Most of all, if you become a mage on the level of Joseph, you can quickly gauge the opponent’s level. It’s a level where you can’t win in the first place.

Anise is a senior teaching assistant, a talent that could be called a specialist in practical and academic fields… but in the field of combat magic, she is only slightly better than the average of the preparatory 3rd years.

Of course, it’s not at the level that ordinary freshmen can see how to rub. It’s just that Joseph is unique.

“…You don’t have to be so divided. That.. name is…”

“Annis Heylan.”

“Yes, Anise-senpai.”

Joseph held up the magic stone in a gentle voice. The pillars of a large altar can be seen behind Anise. All you have to do is go there and offer the mana stone, and the test will be over.

Joseph felt a bit bland. The time invested in the mountain climbing itself was more than the time invested in the actual test.

“Senior must have his own specialized field. It’s just that he wasn’t suitable for battle, and he’ll have his own field that I wouldn’t even dare to compare…”

“It’s a gross misunderstanding.”

Anis cut off Joseph with her head down.

“It’s resentful, but it’s not the kind of resentment you think. As you said, Joseph, I have a separate field that I’m good at.”

“then…”

“Don’t ask too much, and if you’re going to pass by, would you like to pass quickly…? I’m in a position to deal with the students coming up behind you, so I want to conserve my stamina.”

Joseph slightly raised his head and looked at Anis’ expression. As expected, he did not appear to be stunned by the difference in skill with Joseph.

Certainly, since it’s around the third year of preparation, the seniors’ spirit is strong. Josef shook his head and walked past Tole Tole Anise.

After Joseph passed by, Anise sat down on a nearby rock.

And he wiped the tears from his eyes.

I’m angry, I’m angry. However, it was strangely different from Joseph’s point.

The basis for Anis to endure the long and long winter-like bachelor life was in her ‘perfect job handling’.

There is no way to mess things up with a trivial and trivial mistake. Because he lived a neat and perfect life in everything, he was able to constantly affirm himself even in the harsh academic life.

The reason Anis is angry is because of her incompetence.

He broke his magic engineering supplies, was embarrassed by a rare mistake, couldn’t say anything, couldn’t come up with an alternative, and couldn’t even block the entrance to the northern altar.

After this happened, Anise’s perfectionism became a double-edged sword and became a dagger to pierce her own heart.

The pathetic human figure who has always been proud, perfect, and tight-fisted, but only gets upset at important moments, is himself.

It’s frustrating that I’m still far from perfect even though I’ve been struggling as much as I can.

Anis sat down on a rock and sniffed the tip of her nose, staring at the altar at the top.

A blond boy will be guarding the last altar. Anise, who rarely makes mistakes, has had a lot of major accidents, but he is the one who tries to fix them all with improvisation.

He’s angry, but he doesn’t get annoyed. Rather, he only tries to lead the story in a constructive direction.

Suddenly, that face comes to mind.

heart doesn’t notice

Anis was sitting at the entrance of the altar… quietly comforting her chest.

*

“You’re our first guest.”

Entering the altar, Joseph sighed deeply. Again, the test did not end here.

There is a boy sitting at the altar.

The figure with the short, brilliant blonde bangs rounded is definitely a boy from an aristocratic family. His sharp eyes are staring straight at Joseph, but the way he sits roughly at the altar is quite relaxed.

“And I wish you were the last guest.”

“It’s nice that the test method is easy to understand.”

Joseph quickly observed his surroundings.

There were five or six magic engineering items scattered around the altar. It seems to be an improved version of the illusion disc I saw while climbing up.

However, the parts are scattered here and there as if someone hastily touched them. Such high-end magic engineering items cannot be easily repaired. Unless it was a simple function adjustment, it was a level that could not be surpassed with a fair amount of magic engineering knowledge.

In addition, several trees growing near the altar have marks of being cut down here and there, and a fairly large leather bag is placed on the altar.

There was something in the contents, but judging by the energy I felt, it seemed like a magic stone. It’s quite expensive, but I didn’t expect it to be piled up like that.

One thing that can be inferred is that this battlefield itself has already been orchestrated by that boy.

Carelessness is forbidden.

“You know the contents of the test, right? Just offer the mana stone you brought to the altar. However, I won’t leave it alone.”

“As expected, the test method is strange…”

Joseph rested his chin on his chin and thought about it before spitting out the story.

“If I succeed in subduing my seniors and dedicating the magic stone… Who will the students following me take the exam with?”

“Well, that’s none of your business.”

“That’s right. Somehow, there must be an alternative.”

After saying that, Josef focused his attention on his eyes.

The blond boy’s name is unknown. However, by inferring from the color of the name tag or clothing, she belongs to the Ministry of Magic, just like Anise, whom she faced while climbing up.

As already said, wizards and wizards can guess each other’s vessel in an instant. Even if it’s not 100% perfect, a rough estimate comes out.

In Josef’s eyes, Ed didn’t feel any strong magical power. Rather, Ed was borrowing the power of the magic stone offered on the altar.

If everyone could subdue powerful wizards just by borrowing the power of the mana stone, who would study magic hard enough?

Horsepower is nothing more than fuel after all. No matter how much mana he can hold in his hands right now, the fact that his natural total mana is low means that the level of magic he handles is very low.

A person’s total amount of magical power will eventually increase to a certain extent as they train their magic.

Most of the mana felt by the blonde boy is mana reliant on the mana stone, and he has very little of his own mana.

In other words… he didn’t do much magic training itself.

Despite belonging to the Ministry of Magic.

Somehow, the other person started to look pathetic… Joseph let out a deep sigh. But since he’s a senior, I can’t belittle him. He thought it would be better to use the lieutenant magic and end it quickly.

I’m slowly starting to get hungry. Let’s finish quickly and go get a sandwich.

With that thought in mind, Joseph raised his palm in the air.

After concentrating for a moment, she clasped her palms tightly and stared at the blond boy.

Lieutenant Fire Magic ‘One Point Explosion’.

Among the various magics in combat magic, it is famous for its evil magic, ‘If you don’t know, you have to suffer’.

The casting itself isn’t fast, and you have to concentrate your mind quite a bit… but once you successfully cast it, it’s almost impossible to deal with it.

Because it instantaneously creates an explosion of the amount of magic power that you can handle at the desired point, you have to move ‘in advance’ to deal with the one-point explosion.

A series of evasive maneuvers that detects the opponent’s intentions with just these small hand movements, reads the flow of magical energy, and moves away from the target.

Once the explosion point is set, it is not easy to change the location, so if you can read it once, you can manage it, but reading it itself is not easy.

It would be difficult if he did not have a lot of magical combat experience, but Ed Roth Taylor quickly lowered his stance and rolled his body.

– Quaang!!

Because it was activated quickly, the scale of the explosion was not as large as expected.

The one-point explosion has good versatility, but the magical efficiency is very poor. It has enough firepower to subdue opponents, but it is difficult to deliver critical hits.

I don’t know if he could actually cause an explosion that would destroy a building if he reached a level where he could handle high-level magic, but it wasn’t Joseph’s level.

Ed quickly rolled away from the explosion point and gathered magic into his hand. Joseph only sees his magical aura and infers one of Ed’s properties.

‘Fire magic…!’

In a battle between elemental magic and elemental magic, the key is to know what element the opponent is dealing with.

In an instant, Joseph gathered mana for defense magic and figured out the number of cases.

‘What can be used with that level of magic… ‘ignition’ or ‘burning’…!’

If it ignites, the fire will spread through the floor. If it is scorching, it will come out in the form of radiation.

Whatever it was, it couldn’t pierce Joseph’s defense magic. Josef instantly took a stance and implemented his legal training.

Ed’s ignition magic spread through the floor and attacked Joseph, but the burning flames wrapped around Joseph and did not spread heat to him.

‘The scale of the flames is larger than expected. One of the basic magic is a case that has been steadily trained. I might be able to use lieutenant magic…!’

Joseph completely reverses the evaluation of the opponent in an instant.

He has been researching for a long time at the Tog Society, and he can judge the overall magic skill of an opponent by looking at the basic magic level.

I don’t know why the amount of his own magical power was so small, but it wasn’t when he was arguing about such things.

‘But… I don’t think I have much experience in magic battles…!’

Ed’s ignition magic continues to burn Joseph’s defense magic.

However, it is difficult to bridge the gap in proficiency. Ed’s flames cannot pierce Joseph’s defenses. He just keeps wasting his magic power.

If you are a seasoned mage, rather than wasting your magic like this, find another way out.

No matter how many mana stones were piled up, a fire magic of this size would consume more. Before the amount of horse power, the person himself would be fatigued and collapsed first.

Before long, the flames will die out.

The moment I thought so, a voice penetrated from beyond the barrier.

“Joseph Whitefeltz.”

How did he know the name, the other person called Joseph by his name correctly.

The flames disappear, and the figure of Ed Rosteylor appears in front of your nose.

Flames are not a means of attack. It is a smoke screen to obscure the view. The moment he realized that fact, Ed Rosteyler’s right foot had already squeezed through the defensive magic.

The defensive magic circle blocks magical power amazingly, but if you push your body through the entangled magic circle, it will break through without a hitch. If you want to prevent a physical attack, you must implement a different method of law.

As soon as the stomach was kicked, Joseph jumped out and fell. Joseph’s magic stone in his left hand rolled on the floor.

“Do you think that just because you’re a wizard, you’ll always deal with only wizards?”

When Ed tried to pick up the magic stone, the telekinesis magic that was quickly manifested pulled the magic stone into Joseph’s hand.

– Whiik!

Joseph, who managed to get the mana stone, stood up from the corner clutching his stomach. The shock lasted quite a long time, as Joseph’s body itself was hardly trained.

“Hee-euk… Hee-euk…”

Joseph caught his breath and managed to get his body together.

And I just finished figuring out the situation.

Sylvania Academy is the best educational institution on the continent. Joseph shook his head a few times and finally understood his intention.

Wizards basically train for combat by assuming magic warfare. This is because the magic battle between wizards is the most profound and difficult.

However, in actual combat situations, it is not always possible to assume only magic combat.

Real battles are mud fights. As stated in the manual, there are very few battles that consist of pure magical power.

Josef ruminates on his greatest weakness. That’s a real experience.

“I won’t be vigilant. Senior.”

Joseph laid his gaze coldly. He was kicked so hard that he had trouble breathing for a while, but not enough to interfere with the battle.

What is certain is that the opponent is a wizard, but he is not fighting as a wizard.

It was completely different from just before, when Anis was losing her skills as a mage and accepted defeat according to the rules.

Was the anise placed in front of it to induce vigilance?

Once again, magic power gathers in Ed’s hands. Of course, Joseph couldn’t stay still.

‘Fire magic again…!’

Joseph deals with three elements. fire, ice and earth

He plans to set up a sub-freezing magic ‘Ice Wall’. It will still block your view, but since a physical wall is being built, you won’t be able to break through as easily as before.

‘no…! Even this could be the intention!’

I thought that far, but quickly changed my mind. When ice and fire come into contact, melting occurs and steam rises. In the end, the intended purpose of covering the sight is achieved.

In terms of magical prowess, Joseph is superior. There is no reason to provide variables to the other party.

The range of ignition is very wide, so it is difficult to cover it with earth magic. If so, it just covers the opponent with stronger fire.

No matter how nimble Ed Rosteiler was, he wouldn’t be able to get through the fire.

power with more power. If your skills are advanced, it is advantageous to simplify the fighting composition!

In an instant, a flame of an unbelievable scale rises from Joseph’s hand, who casts ‘Scorching’. The flames emitted went beyond the level of obscuring the view and covered half of the empty space in front of the altar.

It’s not something that can be avoided. The moment Joseph is confident of victory in his heart, ‘out of the fire’ Ed Rosteiler pops out.

He broke through quickly and only a few places on his clothes were burning. However, does that make sense?

It is madness to break through the rising fire head-on. You have to take a big burn.

Nevertheless, except for the clothes that were burnt in places, Ed’s body did not burn a single hair.

‘Fire resistance…?’

– Hwaaaaaagh!

Soon, a wind blew away, blowing away all the flames that Joseph had embodied. Ed Rosteyler is already right in front of you.

close combat.

I am confident in my magic casting speed.

Defend against physical attacks? Defend against magical attacks? In the easy choice, Joseph narrowly chose the correct answer.

-grasp!

Physical defense magic manifested in an instant. I block the dagger Ed drew from the leather scabbard on his thigh.

Seeing the blade, Joseph’s eyes trembled.

‘Mi, crazy…! Where did you get that stuff from…!’

I really didn’t want to poke, but I got goosebumps again.

It is the fear of the brutality of ‘actual combat’. Joseph swallowed once dryly.

However, if he managed to defend against physical attacks, it was as if Josef’s victory was decided from now on.

Physical attacks between each other are blocked, so it’s a game of how quickly you cast this next magic.

There was no way that Joseph would lag behind in magic casting speed.

The moment he thought that, a huge explosion enveloped Joseph’s surroundings.

– Quaang!

“Kuh, heo-eok!”

Joseph did not let go of the mana stone he was holding in his left hand with mental strength close to that of a superhuman. He held the magic stone as it was and put it in the corner of the clearing again.

As long as the mana stone wasn’t taken away, it’s still okay.

“Whoop, whoop…”

Ed’s eyes stare at Joseph’s magic stone while standing in the middle of the clearing in tattered clothes. Josef squeezed his trembling right hand tightly and managed to keep his body steady.

‘Practice’

The weight of the two letters thumped on the chest of Joseph, who had been confined to the magic society’s laboratory and learned combat magic only through textbooks and practice.

There are no safety devices. There are no referees who score points to determine winners and losers. Because it’s not like sparring.

Anyone can see that the sum exchanged with Ed now was a ‘real battle’ itself.

The opponent is not a person who is formal and purely bets on magic alone.

A person who attacks with the sole purpose of overpowering the opponent by mobilizing all of them, whether it be ingenious or dirty tricks.

‘Don’t lose your mind…! Keep thinking…!’

It is impossible to guess what the opponent will come up with next. In the first place, since there is no such thing as a foul play, no one can say anything no matter what.

In order to receive a class A business card, this level of improvisation must be possible. Recognizing that fact, Joseph took a deep breath.

‘No matter what, you can’t cast basic magic faster than me. That’s if you have engraved the law in advance… or given the magic formula itself…! It’s a condensation of the magic casting process itself!’

Joseph quickly began to roll his head. It’s not as vain as his extraordinary head.

Come to think of it, it was strange that he just pierced the flame with his bare body. It doesn’t even look like he’s wearing flame-resistant equipment.

Where Joseph’s vast knowledge of magic is headed…

‘It’s spirit magic..!’

Josef again took a defensive stance. Ed didn’t even move right away.

momentary lull.

Contracted spirits often endow the caster with ‘always activated magic’. These are things that are collectively called ‘gaho’.

A ‘Blessing of Remembrance’ that is often bestowed by lower fire spirits. The always-on magic that temporarily boosts fire resistance is the most likely.

In addition, it is explained that he activated the explosion magic faster than Joseph.

‘It’s not a magic formula… an elemental formula…!’

Whether it’s the magic you’re dealing with, your equipment, or your strategy… it’s all about outwitting your opponents and subduing them.

That blonde aristocrat, wearing half-tanned clothes and looking down at Joseph with a cold gaze, cannot be defined as a wizard. I just use magic.

A human who is just used to combat itself. Filling in the difference in specs with tips… Thoroughly practical-oriented.

Joseph’s ability to respond to spirits isn’t that great. However, if you concentrate your mind, you can see the outline of the lower spirits.

When I concentrated my magic between my eyebrows and straightened my gaze, I finally saw the shape of a flame bat floating around behind Ed’s back.

‘Did you hide the fact that you can use spirit magic by skillfully mixing fire magic…!’

Come to think of it, that’s not all of the chess pieces he’s hiding.

circumstance.

branches cut off. Magical engineering items lying on the floor caught Joseph’s eyes. Aside from that, there’s a good chance it’s hiding something more technically.

Can you handle all of that…? Joseph is a down-to-earth personality. He quickly shook his head and adjusted his strategy.

“I lost. I’ll return the magic stone here.”

Saying that, Joseph slid the magic stone to the ground.

Ed’s gaze is momentarily focused on the magic stone. It was a base that Joseph came up with quickly.

Even so, I can’t help but keep my eyes off of it. Because Ed’s purpose itself was to steal the mana stone.

In the moment when Ed’s attention is focused on him, he implements ‘Ice Spear’ at a faster casting speed than anyone else.

Quick casting reduces the power of magic. But it doesn’t matter. It’s just a second lure to catch Ed’s attention. Ed was subconsciously convinced that this far would be expected.

After all, if you want to win a real battle, you have no choice but to outwit your opponent.

Joseph is a mage to the core who only studied magic in the corner of a small room. Then Josef spurts the floor and throws himself with his ice spear.

“Aaaaaaaa!”

A trembling fist cut through the air and headed for Ed’s chin. Ed, who was quickly lowering his head in awareness of his ice spear, was hit by Joseph’s regime exactly on the cheek.

– Perok!

Ed’s head swung back.

However, my head just turned.

Of course, there is no body collapsing or flying. It’s a difference in weight class.

It’s just that Joseph, who has been studying magic all his life, would come to such a predicament and punch… Even Ed didn’t expect it.

Just as the fist was pierced, Ed’s head returned to its original position. The cold gaze looking down is the same.

distance is zero If you raise your fist, you can reach it right away.

Joseph swallowed in vain. The last pride forced me to hold back his tears.

The moment Ed raised his hand and tried to squeeze Joseph’s wrist, a wind of unknown origin blew.

– Hwaaaaaaagh!

It’s not the magic that Ed implemented. However, the ‘constantly activated magic’ that normally protects Ed’s body. It is the so-called protection of the spirit.

There is no law saying that he would have contracted with only one spirit. It is natural. Josef was pushed by an unknown wind and pinned to the corner of the clearing.

“Kuk! Heo-eok!”

And I barely managed to catch my breath. The pupils were already enlarged to the limit.

Seeing that it was activated without even Ed himself being aware of it, it was definitely the protection of the spirit.

Joseph has memorized all the blessings of the spirits.

Once at a certain time, when an unexpected blow comes in, a magic that blows the enemy away with wind to subdue them. ‘Blessing of the Storm’

It’s been a while since I signed a contract, so the activation speed is a bit slow. Even so, it definitely activated.

There was only one spirit that provided that protection, at least as far as Joseph knew.

Joseph looked at the top of the altar stone with trembling eyes.

Come to think of it, the wind that completely blew away all of Joseph’s fire magic just now wasn’t created by Ed himself.

If Ed himself had manifested it, the wind had to come out based on Ed.

However, the source of the wind must be… the top of that high tombstone.

Something invisible with Joseph’s sensitivity. He is clearly sitting on the edge of a huge tombstone. If Joseph’s prediction is correct, that’s…

What the hell, how much more are you hiding from now on?

If so, is it a story that has been hand-to-hand? Are there many freshmen to deal with in the future?

– ‘If I succeed in overpowering the seniors and dedicating the magic stone… Who will the students following me take the exam with?’

How big of an arrogance was that thoughtless statement?

– Whiik.

Ed took out his dagger and stood up again. In the swaying gaze, it gives the illusion that eye light is flowing out.

Joseph exclaimed in amazement.

“Gee, I really lost!”

Then, in an instant, he activated the ‘single point explosion’ magic and broke his mana stone on the floor.

It was the easiest declaration of surrender.

“…”

After observing the mana stone that had been completely shattered and turned into fragments for a while, Ed loosened his shoulders.

silence for a while.

“Yes, good job.”

As if asking what the battle had been like so far, Ed wrapped his dagger and put it in. Only Joseph was dumbfounded.

“It was great in the end. It was a great decision in its own way. It took a shot. Then go now.”

Then, while adjusting the scorched uniform, she sat down at the altar again.

“…”

Joseph slowly rose from his seat and quietly opened his mouth.

“Senior. What’s your name?”

“Ed Roth Taylor.”

Ed dusted off his sleeves and sat quietly at the altar, waiting for his next opponent.

Seeing Ed sitting at the altar looking exactly the same as when he first came in, Joseph stuck out his tongue.

There was one thing I was sure of.

That human still hadn’t even used half of the number he had.