Episode 168
-…I’m not fooled.
Lee Han, who was slightly worried about offering up the Black Turtle Tower students, answered calmly.
It was something I had already experienced.
-If you sacrifice one person, they will open a little road and then ask you to sacrifice another person. Don’t fall for such tricks.
-What are you talking about? Who would do such a dishonorable thing?
However, the stone statue in the labyrinth responded to Lee Han’s words as if it were absurd.
-I have been working at this school for longer than I can remember. According to the rules set by the wizard who created me. There is only one rule in the labyrinth here. When one person goes to the punishment room, the other goes to the other side. There are no other rules than that. Who would do such a ridiculous thing?
‘The principal of this school.’
Lee Han answered in his heart.
But anyway, I knew two things.
What the stone statue in the labyrinth said was not a lie, and the skeleton principal has no more honor than the stone statue in the labyrinth.
“What happened, I stopped walking…”
Salko, who was behind him, took a step and heard the same telepathy.
Then he looked at Lee Han and nodded.
‘I guess we should pair up two people and send at least one person forward.’
Salko didn’t say anything like ‘How can you abandon your friend!’
I already knew that such things were a luxury at this magic school.
To get what you want, you have to make some sacrifices!
It was clear that the Black Turtle Tower friends going to the punishment room would also understand.
“What? “What’s going on?”
Nilia also took a step and listened to the telepathy.
Then he shouted with an angry expression.
“How dare you sacrifice your friend!? Do you think Wardanazna Tutanta here would accept such a proposal?!”
“!”
“!!”
Lee Han and Salko were shocked.
uh…
Huh?
“for a moment. “Nilia.”
Salko tried to stop Nilia.
I had no idea how much the difficulty level would increase if I rejected that offer.
It might be wiser to accept the offer just now…
“why?”
“Think about it carefully. I don’t know how picky that statue will be if I reject the offer now. We might not make it through that path. Friends who went to the punishment room can come out later and try again. Wardanaz would think so too. “Isn’t that right?”
Salko looked at Lee Han. Nilia also stared at Lee Han with a shocked expression.
Lee Han cursed Salco.
‘No, he seems like such a tactless person.’
You have to ask in a place where Nilia isn’t looking. If you ask in a place where Nilia can see, how can you agree?
Lee Han answered with a straight face, as if asking what he was talking about.
“no. “Such a dishonorable proposal cannot be accepted.”
“look!”
“indeed…”
Not only Neilia but also Ratford was impressed.
The Salco gang also looked surprised.
“As expected, Wardanaz…”
“I’m not the leader of the Blue Dragon Tower for nothing.”
Regardless of his evil nature, I had no choice but to acknowledge Lee Han’s dignity as a leader.
The steadfastness of not giving up an inch in a situation where even Salco is backing down.
“You must be watching, the stone statue in the labyrinth! “We do not accept such dirty deals!”
Nilia immediately put on an arrow and fired. The stone statue in the labyrinth answered firmly.
-Then prove your honor with your skills!
Along with the rumbling sound, the appearance of the hallway began to change.
‘I’m already starting to regret it…’
* * *
When the hallway change was over, Lee Han stood in the middle of the labyrinth.
I wasn’t alone. I don’t know if it was fortunate, but it fell in the same area as Salchow.
Salko looked at Lee Han and asked.
“Do you still think you shouldn’t have accepted it?”
“…of course.”
Lee Han answered without changing his expression.
I was regretting it deep inside, but there was no reason to reveal it to Salko.
Looking at that cold face, Salko nodded in approval.
“I don’t know anything else, but I have no choice but to acknowledge your honor.”
“Thank you for understanding.”
‘I’ll offer you Salko right now, so can you let me go?’
Lee Han thought to himself, but the stone statue in the labyrinth did not respond.
Salko raised his staff and chanted a spell.
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“Gather together, earth.”
Salko was so talented in the earth element that Lee Han, another top, had also heard rumors about it.
The soil gathered under the walls of the labyrinth, creating a slope large enough to climb up.
“That’s great. Salko.”
I didn’t know how complicated and wide this labyrinth was, so trying to escape through the regular method was foolish.
“Gasp… gasp.”
However, Salko actually knelt down with a pale face.
All of the mana was used up to create the dirt mound.
“Are you okay?”
“It’s okay… It’s okay. Let’s go up and see the road.”
The two stepped on a pile of dirt and climbed onto the wall of the labyrinth.
Then the scenery of a vast labyrinth came into view.
…is it a hallway?
“……”
“……”
The two students were speechless. Lee Han quickly regained his composure and spoke.
“It’s a little wider than expected, but let’s create a path with magic and move in a straight line.”
“What… it’s impossible. Even just climbing over a wall takes this much magic power.”
“no. I will do it. do not worry.”
“Will anything change if you do it?”
Salko said as if asking what he was talking about.
Even if Lee Han was one of the best in magic in his grade, it was not a problem that could be solved.
Even just climbing over a wall consumes this much magic power, so what’s the difference between Lee Han and Lee Han?
At most, if you cross two or three walls…
“Gather together, earth. Gather together, dirt.”
Lee Han waved his wand while checking the spell.
Because he was training other elements first, he had never dealt with the earth element, but fortunately, the magic Salko used now was not that difficult.
You should be able to learn the 1st circle <Create dirt> right away.
Salko asked curiously.
“I thought water and lightning were your main attributes, but did you also cook dirt?”
“no. “You’re learning it now.”
“????”
Salko looked at him from behind as if he were crazy, but Lee Han didn’t notice.
“Gather together, dirt!”
“!”
I was lucky. The order was successful in one go.
‘Maybe it’s easy because I had a hard time with other elemental magic.’
It was nice to see that the suffering suffered by Professor Boladi and other villains was not completely useless.
Heaps of dirt began to rise from the ground.
Salko looked at that and thought.
‘I’m learning it now, but at that level… It’s really amazing.’
Now, it was new to be amazed at Wodanaz’s magical abilities, but it was true that it was surprising.
I can’t believe that the guy I’m learning now succeeds right away.
Salko, who was quite proud of his earth element magic, had no choice but to admit it.
Crumbling!
“…?”
As the pile of dirt grew larger than expected, Salko’s expression changed strangely.
uh…
How long will it last?
Grumble!
I could hear the walls of the labyrinth shaking around me.
The <Soil Creation> magic was not a magic that created something from nothing. It was close to a magic that drew nearby dirt.
Now, the walls of the labyrinth were shaking, losing their balance, as the soil that had supported them was forcibly pulled from beneath the floor.
Salchow was astonished.
“Wardanaz! What on earth…?!”
The pile of dirt was large enough to easily bury several people, and its weight knocked down the wall, and as if that wasn’t enough, it also knocked down the weakened surrounding walls.
Then the walls of the labyrinth fell in succession, creating a large path.
“…Aiming for this?!”
Salko was beyond astonished and could not help but tremble.
In such a short period of time, they created a road aiming for this.
How can this be an idea that students in the same grade can come up with?
“That’s right. Salko.”
“…!!”
While Salco was trembling, Lee Han was heartbroken.
‘From now on, I will have to practice carefully when using elements for the first time in a really safe place.’
He was so c*cky that he almost died after being crushed by the dirt.
* * *
“Gather together, dirt!”
“Gather together, dirt!”
“Gather together, dirt!”
“????”
Lee Han broke through eight more walls. Of course, it wasn’t the same way as before.
He quietly piles up a pile of dirt and steps on it to climb up.
Salko asked, not understanding.
“Wouldn’t it be faster to do it like before?”
“I need to save my magic power.”
“ah. Right. “I’m sure it will.”
Meanwhile, friends scattered elsewhere also joined us.
“Wardanaz!!”
“You came to save me!”
“Gather together, dirt!”
“Wardanaz? “Thank you?”
“Gather together, dirt!”
“Wardanaz…!”
The students at Black Turtle Tower, who were initially happy to see Lee Han and Salko come to the rescue, also began to get scared.
Lee Han was repeating spells like a wizard possessed by some evil devil.
“Wardanaz, you’re okay, right?”
“Don’t talk to me. Because it interferes with concentration. Gather together, dirt!”
Lee Han memorized the spell again and again.
Students who joined late were embarrassed.
“Aren’t you going to fall?”
“How do I not fall?”
When I used magic three or four times in a row, I was like, ‘Wow, that’s amazing,’ but when I used it dozens of times in a row, I didn’t even get that reaction.
It’s just amazing.
“Tutanta. “Aren’t you surprised by that?”
“at all!”
Before coming here, Tutanta had seen Lee Han shaking the walls and creating a path with a pile of dirt several times larger than that one.
That kind of continuous magic was no longer surprising.
“!”
‘Tutanta…! ‘Isn’t that amazing!’
‘So you can do Tutanta too!’
The Black Turtle Tower students could only express their admiration. Aren’t you surprised by that continuous magic?
‘When I meet the White Tiger Tower guys later, I’ll have to tell them that Tutanta can do things like that.’
* * *
‘This?’
Lee Han, who was quickly breaking through the labyrinth in a straight line, stopped.
Surprisingly, as the pile of dirt was piled up, the wall also began to grow higher.
The stone statue in the labyrinth spoke to Lee Han.
-I will praise you for using your wits to break through the labyrinth. However, there are of course limitations to passing through the wall without finding the exit of the labyrinth.
‘Well, I ate it too raw.’
While other students would have used all kinds of wisdom and magic to find their way, Lee Han broke through by simply summoning infinite dirt piles with his magic power…
-Now, if you just break through this wall, you are outside. If you’re going to give it a try, give it a try. Young students.
After hearing what the stone statue in the labyrinth said, Salko was seriously concerned.
Salchow now had a way to overcome this final obstacle.
‘Should I tell Wodanaz about the family’s magic?’
The Tutanta family, the greatest masonry family in the empire, had many arcane magics handed down.
Salko himself was not yet at the level so he could not learn the magic, but he secretly memorized it so that he could learn it someday when he attained the skill.
Although I was a little reluctant to tell Wodanaz about the magic, I had no choice but to help him break through the labyrinth on his own.
After seriously considering it alone, Salko came to a conclusion.
“Wardanaz. “I have a magic trick to teach you.”
Boom!!!!!
As soon as he finished speaking, a huge ball of water hit the wall.
The water sphere, which spun and made a bloody sound, tore apart the walls of the labyrinth.
The stone statue in the labyrinth praised Lee Han.
-excellent. Young student. You have proven your honor with your skills! It’s good even after it’s over! Blessings on your future path!
“thanks.”
Lee Han waved his cane and shook off the water.
The waiting wall of the labyrinth was an easy opponent compared to the monsters Lee Han had faced so far.
I was able to prepare as much as I wanted and launch an attack.
“……”
“But Salko. “You’re going to teach me magic?”
“…Yes.”
Salko’s expression was dark. Lee Han was puzzled.
‘Why are you doing that?’
