Episode 229
“I was surprised. “I never thought we’d meet already.”
“?”
Lee Han was puzzled by Professor Millay’s words.
I had been to the spirit world once, guided by Professor Thunderstruck, but the beings of this world were basically curious about intruders.
‘Even if I stay still, won’t they approach me?’
…It was strange for him to run away after seeing Lee Han, but it was normal for the spirits to get closer.
“Originally, that would be the case. But like I said, there are safety measures in place.”
“ah.”
The safety device installed to prevent strong beings from approaching also hid the presence of wizards.
As you can’t feel their presence, the number of otherworldly beings you can meet decreases.
“But you met?”
“I guess it’s because of magical power.”
Professor Millay said while looking at Lee Han.
Even though it was covered with a safety device, the magic power was not completely hidden, so it was clear that the undead had come under the spell.
‘no. It wasn’t because of the others.’
I thought it was because there were students with outstanding black magic skills, but it wasn’t.
Gai Nando looked at Lee Han with an expression full of betrayal.
Somehow, the undead came looking for me!
“As expected of you…”
“Do you have any complaints?”
“Oh, no. “Thank you for calling the undead.”
Gainando promised himself that if he ever had to go to the cemetery in the future, he would never take Lee Han with him.
“We will continue to maintain this magic circle until the end of the week. Even students who did not succeed in signing the contract today should continue to try.”
“!”
Lee Han was pleased to hear that the magic circle would be open until the weekend.
‘Maybe we can get a skeleton wizard.’
Although I signed a contract with a skeleton warrior, it wouldn’t hurt to have one more.
Rattling-
Sharkan, who was inside the bone fragment, tilted his head.
The point was, why bother wasting mana?
“Gainando. Rapadel. Great. They say they will keep the magic circle going. Let’s go back in and find a new undead. “There will be some undead who will make a contract with you.”
“Woah… Wardanaz. “That’s a bit…”
Rafael waved his hand with a slightly pale face.
Lee Han thought the other person was planning a trick and spoke firmly.
“Rapad El. “Don’t act like it’s difficult.”
“…You really have no magic power, you bastard!”
Rafadel was furious.
I didn’t want to sound weak in front of Lee Han, so I held on, but originally, stepping into another world and coming back was something that consumed a lot of magical power and mental power.
Guyan next to me was sitting on a chair and eating chocolate, as if he was having a hard time as well.
“ah. “Your magic power has been depleted.”
“okay!”
“Then let’s take a break today and then go to next break. When is the next break? “Tell me.”
“……”
Rafadel felt a strange sense of fear when he saw Lee Han trying to check the time of Rafadel’s lecture.
‘This… you bastard!’
A qualitatively different kind of fear that even a large, scary-looking knight cannot give.
Rafadel felt an unfamiliar fear and his body became stiff.
“Speak quickly.”
“Isn’t there really… no reason to take me with you?”
“no. Basically, arrows… No, I feel at ease when I have one person in line.”
“Did you just try to call me an arrow catcher?”
“Don’t get falsely accused. So when is recess? Don’t even think about lying. “You can just ask the White Tiger Tower students.”
Gainando took advantage of that opportunity and slowly retreated. Lee Han said without even looking back.
“Gainan knows your lecture time anyway, so you don’t have to tell me.”
“…!!”
* * *
After the lecture was over and all the students had left, Professor Millay cleaned up the remaining seats.
Since the magic circle was drawn using various materials, the surroundings were quite messy.
‘Is this the magic circle you drew earlier?’
Professor Millais noticed the magic circle left in Lee Han’s place and turned his gaze.
It was clear that there was not as much progress as the attempt to summon the shield form had made.
Still, failure would also have been a lesson, so that alone…
“?!”
Professor Millais was surprised to see the unfinished magic circle drawn by Lee Han.
How can a first-year student who has never properly used shield-shaped magic complete a magic circle of this level?
…is he really a genius??
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Rafadel wanted to take a break and distance himself from Lee Han until his magical powers were fully recovered.
And if we met again, I wanted to deal with at least the four of us.
But that wish did not come true.
“……”
“Hey. nice to meet.”
Less than two hours later, I ran into Lee Han at a black magic lecture.
“Cough. I can feel different magical powers from the three of them. Have you ever been to the undead world?”
Professor Mortum asked, unaware of Rafadel’s inner thoughts. Lee Han nodded his head and explained what had happened.
“Kolok, you did very well!”
Professor Mortum coughed and shouted. He shouted so loudly that his body shook.
“Is it that much?”
“of course. Collock. Necromancy is not the only form of black magic, but among the best warlocks, there is no one who cannot practice necromancy.”
Manipulating dark elements, poisons, and curses were some of the areas of black magic, but what most people think of when they think of black magic is necromancy, the summoning of the undead.
A visionary magic that raises the dead.
“Cough. It’s a bit unfortunate that I did something like that during summoning magic class… but where is this? Didn’t other students give you envious looks?”
“……”
Lee Han paused.
The students’ reaction when I told them I signed a contract with a skeleton warrior…
‘I wasn’t jealous.’
Although they were surprised by how great it was, there were definitely no students who said, ‘Wow, I’m jealous of black magic. I want to learn it too.’
However, Lee Han could not reject Professor Mortum’s sad gaze.
“It seems like that was the case.”
“?”
“also! I thought so. “Cough.”
Professor Mortum was delighted with the work as if it were his own.
Rafadel gave a look and said, ‘You didn’t say that, right?’ Lee Han ignored it.
“Of the many otherworldly beings that can be summoned through a contract, the greatest and most beautiful are the undead. A wizard who discovers the charm of the undead cannot help but become interested in necromancy. Collock. “What is all this about wielding swords and shields?”
A wizard infuses magic power and gives orders from one to ten, and summons an otherworldly being with its own ego.
No matter how much I thought about it, the latter was bound to be much more convenient.
Of course, the latter also had its drawbacks.
Having an ego means that the summoned beings may not listen to the wizard’s words.
However, this shortcoming could be resolved if there was someone who gave in and signed a contract in advance.
Otherwise…
There were also ways to get rid of the hostility of the summoned undead by staying in the grave or applying rotten substances to their bodies.
Professor Mortum skipped over this method without even mentioning it.
“Cough. Anyway, I signed a good contract. With whom have you two made a contract?”
“Oh.”
“oh.”
“?”
“Well, we still…”
Professor Mortum frowned at Gainando’s words.
“You can’t do that. Collock. “It’s not that common to have the opportunity to go to the undead world and sign a contract.”
“Do not worry. professor. “I will take you by the weekend and sign a contract.”
“Cough. “It seems like the only student I can trust is you.”
“no. “These are words of excessive praise.”
“……”
Gainando and Rapadel glared at Lee Han.
We’re friends, but I was a bit mean today.
“Cough. Ymirg students, please go and sign a contract to summon the undead.”
“Me… me too?”
Ymirg, a giant mixed-race student who had been standing still until sparks flew out, was embarrassed.
Ymirg did not listen to summoning magic and had little interest in necromancy.
‘I guess there’s no need for it.’
Since Lee Han had already made a full estimate with only Lapad El, he decided to show mercy to his remaining friend.
“You don’t have to participate if you don’t want to…”
“no. “We should go together!”
“I think it would be a good idea to go together. “The professor said the same thing.”
Gaynando and Rafadel intervened like lightning. Lee Han thought to himself.
‘Such trash.’
They didn’t want to go on their own, so they forced their friends to join them!
* * *
In preparation for the contract, Professor Mortum taught us the characteristics of monsters frequently seen in the undead world and how to deal with them.
And, if any of the students learning summoning magic are interested in the undead, I told them to convince them in turn how good the undead are, how excellent necromancy is, and how great black magic is.
‘My heart aches when I hear this.’
Lee Han clicked his tongue inwardly.
“Cough. Wardanaaz.”
When Professor Mortum called Lee Han toward the end of the lecture, Lee Han nodded and answered as if he understood.
“Do not worry. professor. I will guide my friends well and make contracts with useful undead monsters.”
“Cough. “That’s not it.”
“?”
“Take this.”
Professor Mortum handed me a thick brown book. Even compared to the books Lee Han had seen so far, it looked quite old.
‘<Ancient Basic Necromancy – About Summoning True Undead>?’
“May I ask why you are giving me this book?”
Lee Han suddenly wondered why such a book was given to him.
Professor Mortum chuckled and opened his mouth.
“Kollock. “Do you think there are several methods of necromancy, especially summoning the undead?”
“Aren’t there two things?”
One is to summon a non-contracted being.
Since it was not bound by a contract, it had to be controlled with magic and appease hostility through various methods, but its relatively free summoning was an advantage.
The other is to summon a contracted being.
There was no need to control or appease, but the contract itself was a disadvantage.
“Cough. You’re wrong. “Actually, three things.”
“Three things? …no way?”
Lee Han paused.
“I guess you understand.”
There was a corner to point out.
‘Are you sure you’re talking about something like a magic item?’
As I learned in Professor Millay’s lecture last time, for items without self, such as swords or shields, the wizard had to personally plan each movement and action.
However, in the case of undead, it was a waste of waste.
All you have to do is bring in the undead, but the wizard has to cobble it all together from nothing?
It was an inefficient method in itself as the difficulty level increased significantly, from the amount of magic required to casting.
Of course, it was not the method used today. Lee Han didn’t say ‘Aren’t there two things?’ for no reason.
“Kollock. That’s right.”
“I heard that summonings like this are rare these days… right?”
“It’s not that there’s almost nothing, it’s that there’s nothing. Collock. In fact, it is a method that was used only in ancient times. “The ancient ways are written in this book.”
“!”
Lee Han was surprised once again.
It was surprising that they recommended a method of magic that is not currently used, and it was also surprising why they recommended it.
‘What’s the advantage… wait. Isn’t there a reason why it’s not being used now?’
“Why me?”
“Cough. These are the principal’s instructions. “He asked me to make it possible for you to summon undead using this method as well.”
“……”
Lee Han looked with a straight face.
I thought it was recommended because of Lee Han’s hidden aptitude or constitution with a lot of magic power…
“yes. what. “I will try.”
‘I guess I’ll just pass it over.’
Black magic was already enough to manage grades.
You will get a perfect score even without learning the magic of summoning the undead using such an outdated method.
“Kollock. I believe it. I’m sure you can learn it well. The principal told me to check it every week. “If there is no progress, they tell you to send them to the punishment room, but it’s also a joke…”
“……”
