Episode 157
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Despite the advice, Gainando collapsed. It seemed like he had fainted after being attacked by a monster.
‘I didn’t notice at all.’
No matter how dark the surroundings were, I never thought I would be noticed while getting so close.
It was clear that he had the ability to hide his presence from others.
“Light!”
Lee Han floated a sphere of light around him and simultaneously made himself transparent.
“Heat, distort the air!”
It didn’t end there.
In the place where Lee Han became invisible, fantasy took his place.
“Sharkan. “When the enemy approaches, attack!”
Sharkan jumped out with a roaring sound. Sharkan barked viciously into the darkness.
‘It’s over there!’
Lee Han immediately launched another sphere of light. The pitch-black darkness was quickly pushed aside.
Then, the opponent’s outline was vaguely revealed. It was a monster that looked as if it had been made by clumping shadows together like clay.
The shadow monster was startled by the rush of light and widened its distance further. As it penetrated into the darkness, the outline disappeared in an instant and the figure was hidden.
‘I don’t think it’s a normal monster.’
Lee Han was lost in thought as he glared at the direction where the shadow monster disappeared.
Unlike normal living monsters, that shadow monster did not feel alive at all. It was as if someone had artificially summoned it.
And this is a magic school.
The problem was that there were too many people to summon a guy like that.
‘First, suppress it!’
“Burn up!”
A flame ignited through the darkness. After realizing his opponent’s nature, Lee Han decided to subdue him more actively.
Anyone who is afraid of light will also be afraid of fire.
Grumble!
As flames rose in the air, the shadow monster easily distanced itself as if laughing.
The panic I felt when I suddenly encountered the light disappeared and I had already regained my composure.
It was light and flame, and even though it was called, it was now midnight.
There was plenty of darkness around to hide in.
However, the shadow monster underestimated Lee Han too much.
“Burn up.”
-?
“Burn, burn, burn, burn…”
-!
When the shadow monster first opened the distance, it should have run away immediately instead of circling around like it was angry.
Lee Han instantly summoned more than a dozen flames around him.
Grrrrrrrrrrrrr!
A fire net completed quickly.
Before the shadow monster could escape to another place, it was surrounded by flames burning everywhere.
A massive offensive with overwhelming magical power that doesn’t even give monsters a chance to use evasion or hiding abilities!
The shadow monster, unable to move in the remaining darkness, just watched and held its breath.
Sharkan growled as if telling him to come out.
“Gotcha.”
The shadow monster did not dare to come out of the darkness.
Instead, I waited for the flames around me to go out.
As Lee Han is young, it was judged that over time, the excessive flames would become poisonous.
-…???
However, as time passed, the flames did not budge.
Lee Han, who had been waiting, spoke calmly.
“If you don’t come out, I will burn you in the dark. three. two. one…”
I wasn’t confident I was good at using fire magic, so I turned on lights everywhere and waited, not because I was afraid of shadow monsters.
The shadow monster, sensing the warning in Lee Han’s voice, was completely discouraged and crawled out.
Tap, tap, tap, tap-
“?”
I heard footsteps from afar.
Lee Han turned his head and looked. A face I had seen several times before was rushing towards me in the darkness of the night.
He was a warehouse keeper at a magic school.
* * *
-These are the monsters I prepared for this festival. How about it?
-There are a lot of numbers.
-…It’s not fun. Anyway, you need to take good care of these monsters.
The skeleton principal spoke to the warehouse manager in a solemn voice.
These monsters summoned for this festival were not ones to simply use once or twice.
It was a beautiful chess piece that would make the perfect plan laid out by the skeleton principal shine.
-I will do my best.
However, in fact, the number of monsters summoned by the skeleton principal was too many for the warehouse manager to manage alone.
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Moreover, the monsters were not gentle.
-Stay still and don’t move.
thud! thud!
The monsters, who had been ordered by the skeleton principal to track down and attack the students who had permission to go out, struggled to escape us at any moment.
The warehouse manager did his best to manage it, but eventually an accident occurred.
Several cages were broken and the monsters inside escaped.
Although the situation was sudden, the warehouse manager did not panic.
He calmly captured those around him, imprisoned them again, and followed the traces of those who had run away.
“!”
The warehouse manager stopped at the enormous magical power felt from afar.
He was a warehouse keeper who lost his eyesight and gained powerful magic detection abilities, but the magic power was so enormous that it was impossible to fully understand it even with those abilities.
Originally, he would have asked, ‘Are you the principal?’, but the warehouse manager had heard the skeletal principal’s words firmly.
“Are you the principal or a student?”
Lee Han thought quickly.
Speaking of the skeleton principal here…
‘I didn’t come out secretly, so there’s no need for it.’
“I’m a student.”
“Is that so.”
Fortunately, the warehouse manager didn’t attack Lee Han like, ‘You fooled me last time!’
Instead, Lee Han looked at the shadow monster surrounded by flames.
Although he couldn’t see his pupils, Lee Han seemed to be interested in the warehouse manager.
“Did you catch them by lighting a fire around them?”
“yes.”
“Didn’t he try to run away?”
“It smoked everywhere, leaving no room for escape.”
Sharkan purred as if he was proud.
The warehouse manager was surprised by Lee Han’s words.
If that is true, the shadow monster was smoked quickly without giving it a chance to escape.
So many flames like that?
No matter how talented he was in fire element magic, it was difficult for a freshman to show it.
“You will become a good wizard.”
“thank you.”
“Then can I take the monster?”
“…Are you the one who escaped from the principal’s eyes?”
Lee Han was much more perceptive than the warehouse manager thought.
The monster, the warehouse manager, and the thing he was trying to take immediately reminded me of the skeleton principal.
The warehouse manager didn’t show it, but he was a little embarrassed.
I can’t believe a freshman knows that well.
if?
“Did the principal tell you?”
“In some ways, there is no such aspect.”
Lee Han answered euphemistically.
Of course, it wasn’t the skeleton principal who told him, but he was suspicious after seeing what the skeleton principal was doing, so in a way, it was the skeleton principal who told him.
The innocent warehouse manager never imagined that a new student would already have such a cunning tongue.
“you’re right. “He’s one of the ones that escaped.”
“Are there still many who escaped?”
“That’s right.”
“……”
Lee Han cursed inwardly.
‘If you don’t have the confidence to manage this damn school, you should be banned from summoning anything.’
“May I help you?”
The warehouse manager was surprised by Lee Han’s words.
I had no idea that a freshman would say such an amazing thing.
Any other new student might have refused help, but seeing as the boy in front of him had just subdued a shadow monster, he was fully capable of helping.
Besides, isn’t he actually the principal’s student?
Even if we work together, there won’t be any problems.
“Would you please?”
“yes. “It is my honor to help someone who is devoted to this magic school.”
“You will become a really good wizard.”
“haha. thank you.”
‘It’s easy.’
After dealing with someone like a skeleton principal, dealing with a warehouse manager was almost too easy.
The Skeleton Principal’s constant schemes and tricks trained Lee Han like this.
‘Clearly the Headmaster Skull has a plan.’
Help and dig out.
Lee Han knew better now.
If you don’t seize the opportunity when you have it, you won’t be able to survive in this magic school.
“for a moment. “I’m going to wake up Guyan too.”
“Please do so.”
Lee Han summoned a lump of water and splashed it on Gai Nando’s face.
“Ukkulkkkkkkkk!”
“Gainando! Are you okay?”
“It’s okay… kek kek. My, my ticket to go out! “What about my ticket to go out?”
“I’m fine. “Go into the tower today and don’t come out.”
Gainando had the advantage of not asking unnecessary questions.
As Lee Han spoke seriously, Gai Nando also nodded seriously.
“okay.”
“okay. “Go in carefully.”
“But when I get back, do you want to play a game of cards?”
“……”
* * *
Lee Han moved with the warehouse manager and caught three more shadow monsters.
The shadow monster summoned from the dark world composed of the magic power of yin and shadow was a favorite summoned animal of cunning and mean warlocks.
It had specialized abilities for hiding, tracking, surprise attacks, etc.
‘He really looks like a skeleton principal.’
Lee Han continued to get information from the warehouse manager and confirmed the shadow monster’s weaknesses.
Just like I had already dealt with, the one who was severely afraid of light and heat was hit.
‘I might keep seeing it in the future, so I need to know for sure.’
“So… when these guys are summoned, they are ordered to track down students who have tickets to go out.”
“That’s right.”
“……”
‘It’s astounding to hear it again.’
Lee Han rechecked the information he got from the other person and was once again dumbfounded.
Something like this…
The headmaster said he gave out tickets too easily, but there was a hidden plan behind him.
When the festival is over and the students are excited to go out on Saturday morning, they head to the main gate…
Take advantage of that moment and attack!
‘I’m so glad I found out in advance.’
Lee Han sighed deeply.
What would have happened if I didn’t know…
‘wait for a sec.’
Lee Han, who was relieved, felt something ominous passing through his mind.
‘Let’s think about it from the skeleton principal’s perspective.’
We’ve summoned and prepared monsters like this, but will they only be used to surprise students who are about to go out on the weekend and steal their tickets?
…Wouldn’t it also be used to ambush returning students?
Lee Han spoke to the warehouse manager as calmly as possible so as not to be caught.
“really. Where are the monsters waiting when the students return?”
Lee Han spoke so naturally, as if he already knew, that the warehouse manager did not have any doubts.
“They will be waiting near the hill in front of the main gate.”
“If you are late while dealing with monsters… you can be sent to the punishment room.”
“That’s right.”
“…Now that I think about it, isn’t the midterm exam next week?”
“That’s right.”
“If I come back on the weekend and get stuck, I won’t be able to study properly for the midterms… so it’s even better.”
“also. You are the principal’s disciple. “You will become a good wizard.”
“……”
Lee Han immediately took off his mask and almost punched the warehouse manager.
* * *
“Why are you so upset?”
Thunderwalk was puzzled by the sight of Lee Han sighing in front of the alchemy tent since morning.
But instead of answering, Lee Han just sighed.
“So you should have listened sooner. ruler. “Here’s a potion that makes you feel better.”
Thunderwalk poured a glass full of golden, foamy barley potion and held it out.
Everyone around them had already finished the barley potion and were happy.
“professor.”
“why?”
“What would you do if you had to break through someone’s ambush?”
“…What on earth are you planning?”
The thunderous professor was astonished.
