Surviving as a Mage in a Magic Academy - Chapter 926
“And it’s not like Shar Khan would do something like that.”
‘Then you’re saying I’m someone who would?’
The little basilisk protested internally.
He was quite mature and adult-like. If anything, Joselin was the most immature.
“Yeah. An undead summon won’t throw a tantrum because it hasn’t been called.”
Gainando nodded and agreed with his friend’s words.
Unlike other fields, Gainando was quite knowledgeable about black magic as well.
Basically, undead summons didn’t get upset or throw tantrums just because their master didn’t call them often.
“You’re right, Ian. But what’s the difference? If you’re playing a card game in another dimension, who would like it if a magician just called them on their own? They would rather not be called. The same goes for spirits.”
“No, spirits like to be called periodically.”
“……”
Gainando frowned.
As magicians who had contracts with spirits valued intimacy more than most people thought, they periodically called them to communicate and strengthen their bond.
Even though Ian didn’t summon Shar Khan right away, he would periodically summon the flame sparrow spirit, the cold squirrel spirit, or the dark bear spirit in his private room (Of course, the spirits didn’t like it very much)…
“Ugh. I wish my undead liked it when I called them.”
“You’ll get close to them someday.”
‘Or maybe I’ll just overpower them with force.’
In Ian’s opinion, it seemed easier for Gainando to learn black magic and overpower the undead than to get close to them.
Undead summoning magic didn’t work with intimacy like spirit summoning magic did.
‘But if he’s not throwing a tantrum, then what is it?’
Ian caressed the piece of Shar Khan’s flesh that he had sworn an oath on and tried to summon him again, but there was really no reaction.
If he had really thrown a tantrum, there should have been some kind of rejection, so this was a little disconcerting.
“Colloch, is there something wrong?”
“Ah. Professor!”
Just then, Professor Mortem of the Black Magic Department walked out with a dry cough.
Ian felt that this was a good time to ask a question.
“I have a question.”
“You have a question?”
The professor, who always looked sickly, tilted his head in curiosity.
It wasn’t surprising for Gaindando, Imelig, or Raphael to ask a question, but it was quite rare for a boy from the Wodanaz family to ask one.
“It seems like it’s quite a difficult question.”
“It’s not like that.”
“Oh? Tell me about it.”
Once he said that he wasn’t a student, Professor Mortem changed his mind.
From the way he was talking, it seemed like it really wasn’t a big deal.
“I can’t summon Shar Khan.”
“…Colloch! Collochcollochcolloch!!!”
Professor Mortem started coughing like crazy. It was as if he had inhaled sand.
Ian asked in a panic, “Are you okay?”
“Colloch… Didn’t I say it wasn’t a difficult question!”
“Ah, no. I just thought it was a minor issue?”
Professor Mortem shook his head as he coughed.
The fact that Shar Khan couldn’t be summoned was a more serious problem than he had thought.
Originally, Shar Khan was a powerful monster who was born between a rocky mountain and a leopard and was worshipped by leopards.
It was naturally dangerous to summon a monster that had been so powerful when it was alive as an undead.
A powerful existence would naturally descend into a powerful body, and it was even more so if that existence belonged to the undead world.
Even though Professor Mortem was a professor at Einroad, he wouldn’t give a mere first-year student a dangerous undead summon as a present. He would have given it with enough safety measures.
“……”
Ian made a nervous expression.
‘Was there something like that?’
He had never really felt any safety measures.
Shar Khan was an undead summon who had been destructive from the beginning. If Ian hadn’t subdued or persuaded him, he would have likely attacked him at any moment.
“Was that safety measure the fact that he couldn’t attack me? Shar Khan acted a little friendly…”
“Colloch. It’s not like that. I just weakened his power.”
“……”
Ian’s gaze turned a little cold.
Did he perhaps not know the meaning of ‘safety measure’?
‘He doesn’t sound like he’s saying that. That’s why he can’t stop coughing.’
“You shouldn’t have just weakened its power, you should have put a seal on it to stop it from attacking. What do you mean by a safety device when you just took some of its power?”
“So… you weakened its power with that safety device?”
“Coroc. Sharkan is a clone.”
“?”
“The main body is a powerful undead giant. The giant’s power weakened, so it stole the clone and took it with it.”
“Whaaat?”
Ihan was shocked by Sharkan’s bloodline, which was much more extraordinary than he had thought.
Whose what did it steal and take with it?
There were quite a few beings that had the nature to be split into clones, even if they weren’t necessarily the Headmaster Skeleton.
Just look at the Hydra. Didn’t each of its nine heads make their own judgments?
If a Hydra like that became stronger or gained the ability to make clones, it would split up as if it were being torn apart.
And of course, beings that were divided like this would inevitably become weaker than the original being.
…But that didn’t mean you should steal it and take it with you!
“No. What the hell did you do? You weakened your opponent and then shamelessly stole from them?”
Shocked, Ihan lost his composure and criticized the professor.
You weakened your opponent and openly stole from them.
That was a stupid mistake that no member of the Position Transfer Club would ever make.
If the Demon Duke weakened a little, what kind of retaliation would come later when it recovered after you ransacked its mansion?
It wasn’t even just an object or treasure, it was their own clone.
“Coroc. Hear me out. I didn’t just steal it. I negotiated with it after I stole it.”
“That sounds like a different concept from the stealing I know…”
Professor Mortum finished explaining while clicking his tongue.
While traveling through the undead realm in the past, the professor had a chance encounter with a powerful being.
The being was staying in a constantly shape-shifting palace made of obsidian mirrors that emitted smoke, and when you focused your gaze on it, the shape of a giant leopard would briefly appear above it.
Noticing the strength of his opponent, Professor Mortum immediately prepared to break into the palace and obtain the treasure.
“…”
Ihan was speechless inside, but he held it in.
“Coroc. It was because I felt that it had weakened because of a fight. Normally, I wouldn’t dare to pick a fight with a great being from another dimension.”
‘Even if your opponent has weakened, I don’t think you’d immediately prepare to ransack them.’
Anyway, Professor Mortum, who was oblivious to the strength of others, didn’t miss the opportunity to obtain a treasure from another dimension and took action.
And of course, the opponent noticed his intentions.
Despite hearing about the palace’s power and the professor’s title, it stepped back and offered to negotiate when the magician tried to enter.
-Magician. Do not trespass on the palace of the beast that rules over death and darkness. I will give you one of my clones as a gift. This clone will become a powerful undead.
-Coroc. And if I still try to enter?
-Then you will be destroyed.
Despite feeling the opponent’s strength even while it was weakened, Professor Mortum chose to back down instead of getting greedy.
A clone of a powerful undead was valuable enough.
“Coroc. It gave it to me so stingily. It was a clone that was just a fragment with no self.”
Professor Mortum still seemed to think that he had gotten the short end of the stick, and he kept complaining even as he coughed.
“Please continue your story. What happened to the clone?”
“Ah. That’s what you’re asking about.”
The professor nodded slowly and explained.
The clone that he had received from the powerful undead definitely had extraordinary power, but it was just a newborn clone with no self or reason.
It wasn’t very profitable for Professor Mortum to control and manage something like that.
The professor, who was wondering what to do with it, attached the clone to Sharkan’s remains and reincarnated it as an undead monster.
The result was a success. The newly born undead monster, Sharkan, reliably protected the freshmen and did all sorts of dirty work.
“…Professor. I have a question.”
Ihan, who had been listening as calmly as possible, raised his hand, trying to maintain a cool expression.
Han Lee, who had been listening as calmly as possible, raised his hand, trying to maintain a cool expression.
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Han Lee is shocked to learn that Shar Khan is a powerful avatar of an undead giant. The professor explains that he had weakened the avatar’s power, but the main body may have recovered and reclaimed the avatar. Han Lee protests the professor’s use of the avatar as a safety device, but the professor argues that the avatar possesses the body of a powerful monster. Han Lee turns pale as he realizes that Shar Khan may have absorbed magic power. Diret arrives and takes stock of the situation, surprised that the professor has gifted Han Lee with something so dangerous.
He was able to accept that Shar Khan wasn’t an ordinary undead monster, but had the bloodline of an extraordinary undead being.
“So what is the safety device you mentioned, Professor?”
“Collock. I told you. I’ve weakened it. It’s just a fragment-level avatar, so it’s not very dangerous.”
“……”
I couldn’t believe it, but that was really the safety device.
Han Lee firmly resolved to grind magic behind Professor Mortum’s back later and shout, ‘This doesn’t really hurt, does it? Haha’.
Even if it was just a fragment-level avatar without self-awareness, it would be threatening enough if it possessed the body of a powerful monster.
In fact, hadn’t Shar Khan fought incredibly well?
If Han Lee hadn’t subdued or dealt with it, those attacks could have come flying at Han Lee himself…!
‘It’s a bit childish, what he’s doing.’
If it was a newborn avatar separated from the main body, that would explain it. It made sense that it would act like a kitten or a puppy.
“But why isn’t it being summoned?”
“Collock. There are several reasons. But the most likely is that the main body has recovered its power.”
“!”
Han Lee realized what Professor Mortum was saying.
Originally, the main body had given up the avatar in an unfavorable situation, so if it had recovered its power and gained an advantageous situation, it wouldn’t be strange for it to reclaim the avatar.
“No. You went all the way to steal something and made a deal that would result in this kind of loss? You’ve only been together for a year!”
“Collock. It is strange. I thought it would be enough for a hundred years…”
As a wizard, Professor Mortum was naturally well aware of the loopholes in the deal.
Since it was the opponent’s avatar, it was natural that the opponent would reclaim it once they had recovered from their injuries and regained their strength.
However, the professor had thought that it would take about a hundred years for that to happen.
How had it been shortened to about a year?
“Strange. Strange. Collock. Could Shar Khan have absorbed magic power separately?”
“Yes?”
“Collock. If the avatar absorbs magic power, the main body will also absorb magic power, and then recovering its strength…”
Professor Mortum shook his head as he spoke.
No matter how he thought about it, it was too far-fetched a calculation.
Thinking about the strength he had felt when he had met it in the undead realm, he could roughly estimate the amount of magic power it would need to recover from its injuries.
No matter how much magic power the boy from the Wodanaz family had, it would be difficult for him to remain unharmed after absorbing that amount of magic power, and even more difficult for him not to notice…
“……”
Han Lee’s face turned pale.
Professor Mortum was most shocked by that sight today.
* * *
“Collock, how could you waste magic power like that!”
“You didn’t tell me anything in the first place, Professor! If I had known it was that kind of thing, I would have gotten rid of it!”
Han Lee wanted to force the professors of Einrogard to explain the school rules.
Why on earth would they gift their students with dangerous items without saying anything?
Come to think of it, this staff also had an evil and violent being sleeping inside it.
‘Could there be a demon sleeping in the rags the school gave me?’
Diret, who had been yawning as he walked out, was surprised to see his student and professor arguing loudly.
The Dark Magic School didn’t have many advantages, but one of them was harmony.
“What?! What’s going on?!”
“Senior! I almost died because of the professor!”
“Collock, what’s this about giving you a present…”
“Wait. Calm down and explain it to me.”
Diret calmed down his junior and listened to his explanation.
And the more he listened to the explanation, the stranger Diret’s expression became.
“…So, you’re saying that you restored a powerful being from the undead realm while going about your daily life?”
“It’s all the professor’s fault!”
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