Life of a Magic Academy Mage

Chapter 098

“I thought it was a well-made ship.”

“…joy. Do not flatter.”

Anrago had to speak in a harsh voice to hide his pleasant expression.

Lee Han sighed inwardly.

‘It makes me sad that the ferry is the best way.’

Since I couldn’t learn enchantment right away and couldn’t get close to the ice spirit, that was the only way left.

What if it’s not hot enough? You should check it out once.

“How many people can ride?”

“I can comfortably carry 20 people!”

Anrago’s confidence only backfired on Lee Han. Lee Han became even more anxious when he made such a noise with a boat that could barely carry ten people.

“It just went well. Wodanaz. Get on!”

Lee Han tried his best to stay calm. The already cold face turned even colder.

Seeing this, Anrago unknowingly flinched.

‘…Did I speak too harshly?’

“Before that… I want to see you driving a boat first. Because if I or other people ride it, I won’t be able to drive it as freely as when I drive alone.”

Angrago showed a very enthusiastic response to Lee Han’s words.

He threw down his coat and immediately boarded the ferry.

“Yes, watch!”

Anrago held a nicely carved oar in each hand and began to paddle skillfully.

A sailless ferryboat glided along the surface of a calm lake.

Anrago’s friend, who was watching, admired.

“Excellent, Angrago!”

Anrago, gliding smoothly as if the lake were his own, looked truly free.

The White Tiger Tower student felt a freedom he hadn’t felt in a long time when he saw Angrago driving the ferry.

To the point where it felt like this place was not a magic school, but rather a secluded and beautiful lake.

‘The water doesn’t leak.’

While the White Tiger Tower friends were intoxicated with romance, Lee Han was coldly analyzing.

First of all, the most important ferry did not leak water.

And even after walking around the lake for over 10 minutes, there were no monsters or skeleton principals attacking. That meant it was pretty safe.

“How are you, Wodanaz? Will you recognize Anrago’s skills?”

“I’m sorry. I can’t do that yet.”

“Why!”

“When one person drives, anyone can drive well. But can you really drive like that with one more person on board?”

At Lee Han’s provocation, Angrago’s friend shouted in an angry voice.

“Ango! Wodanaz asks if I can show the same skills after burning me?”

“joy. of course!”

Anrago immediately pulled the boat and came up to the shore of the lake.

Then he burned his friend and shouted.

“Look closely, Wodanaz!”

“Is that so? It’s impossible to drive like before, even if it takes one more person.”

Lee Han deliberately encouraged Angrago. Anrago reacted very effectively.

“Watch me!”

Anrago sprinted across the lake, cutting through the water even more violently than before. I rowed so hard that I was sweating profusely and my arm muscles were swollen.

For over 20 minutes, Lee Han cheered for Angrago with words like ‘I don’t know yet’, ‘I can do that in a short time of only a few minutes’ and ‘Your skills might be revealed soon’.

Having roughly checked everything he wanted to confirm, Lee Han nodded.

‘Contrary to what I thought, I might be able to make friends with the White Tiger Tower guys.’

* * *

“Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!? This… This is… my skills…”

“Yes. I admit my defeat.”

Hearing Lee Han’s words, Angrago was so happy that he tried to shout, but he couldn’t because he was too tired.

Lying on the grass, just panting.

After resting for a while, Angrago regained his strength and was able to stand up.

“Then let me ride too.”

“…also?”

Anrago let out a weak sound involuntarily.

A few labors made Angrago afraid.

When the opponent hesitated, Lee Han simply cheered.

“I’m not confident…”

“Ride!”

Anrago jumped up and got on the ferry. Anrago’s friend Dukemar asked with a worried expression.

“Wouldn’t it be better for me to come down?”

“Dukema! Don’t you believe me?”

“…sorry. Ang. I have disregarded your honor!”

“Get off quickly.”

Lee Han said in a plaintive voice. Whether the two knights shared a friendship or not was of little interest.

‘Check the location of the island first.’

Knowing that the ship was fairly safe, he decided to locate the island and secure a route to it.

Angrago gritted his teeth and started rowing. The ferry glided over the lake once more.

Lee Han frowned and focused to see the things on the lake.

‘I wish I had a telescope.’

If he knew how to use artifacts or magic, it would have been much easier.

Lee Han suddenly remembered what he had heard from Allarron.

– A high-level swordsman uses magic to activate and strengthen his body. It’s not as sophisticated and systematized as magic, but it’s perfectly sufficient in a life-and-death melee.

If that was true, I didn’t know if my eyesight could be strengthened with magical power.

Lee Han raised his mana.

He was not yet at the level where he could control and circulate the mana within his body at will and strengthen only one body organ.

Instead, Lee Han had magical powers that could be wasted infinitely.

Lee Han simply discharged his mana as if he were exhaling it through his whole body. The concentrated mana in the eyeball temporarily strengthened the field of view and was released.

“?!?!”

The two students next to them were taken aback when Lee Han suddenly radiated bloody energy.

Come to think of it, this was on the lake.

It’s good to throw away the body when someone dies…!

Pod!

The two White Tiger Tower students hurriedly grabbed the wooden swords. He couldn’t have died like this.

At that moment, Lee Han shouted.

“found!”

“??”

“I found an island.”

“what?! How did you find it!”

Anrago was taken aback.

No trace of the island could be found even after the ferry was built, let alone when it was built.

I thought it was absolutely impossible until I went further…

“I was lucky. But why are you holding a wooden sword?”

“……”

“…I was startled by a sudden shout… it’s a habit.”

“You are more afraid than I thought.”

The students of the White Tiger Tower were in tears.

It’s because you suddenly radiated magical energy!

* * *

Lee Han meticulously recorded the direction.

“Let’s go back at once. I checked the direction, so I can come back next time.”

“okay. i get it.”

Anrago was happy inside.

His muscles had been screaming since before.

“100 million.”

Because of his lack of strength, Anrago rowed the oars in vain.

‘what?’

Angrago, who had been crooked, flinched as he felt as if he had stabbed something soft with a paddle.

Splash-

“…???”

And I knew right away what had been stabbed.

A mass of water bulging and changing its shape protrudes from beneath the surface of the lake.

I can feel the energy of the spirit.

It was a water spirit.

shhh-!

The water spirit shot out sharp water thorns. Lee Han kicked Duke Mar in the back and knocked him over.

The thorns of the water narrowly brushed Dukemar’s head and flew away.

“Mi… I’m sorry! Wodanaz! I touched the water spirit!”

“Ango! What have you done!”

Dukma, who fell forward, shouted in a frightened voice.

Angry the water spirit on the lake. It was an incredible mistake.

‘No… I don’t think he’s angry.’

Unlike the two of them, Lee Han calmly observed the water spirit.

Although it had a ferocious spirit, it was a much weaker spirit compared to the intimidation of a spirit like Perkuntra.

It was clear that he was not a high-ranking spirit, seeing as he had no proper communication skills.

And the emotion I feel from the spirit is…

Fear!

Lee Han couldn’t understand why the water spirit was afraid of them.

Does it make sense to be afraid of being hit by an oar?

‘…shit.’

Lee Han clicked his tongue.

He realized why the water spirit was doing that.

The culprit was Lee Han, not Ang Rago.

The spirits in the water were frightened because they had radiated their magical energy to find the island earlier.

Hiss hiss hiss!

Terrified, the spirit fired water spikes to drive Lee Han away.

The students of the White Tiger Tower screamed at the terrifying attack, but Lee Han swung his cane at them without blinking an eye.

With a dull rupture, the water orbs gushing out of the lake accurately intercepted the thorns.

‘At first glance, it looks threatening, but in reality it’s not that strong.’

The students of the White Tiger Tower were deceived by their appearance, but it was an attack that could have been avoided or blocked if they had responded calmly.

To Lee Han, who had blocked Professor Voladi’s attacks several times, the thorns shot by the spirit were no longer a threat.

‘This… This guy…’

Angrago was surprised by Lee Han more than the enraged spirit.

It was hard to believe that we came in together and learned together.

What kind of training was taught by the Wardanaj family to complete such an emotionless fighting machine?

Lee Han turned his head and looked down at Angrago expressionlessly.

The thorns of the water were flying terrifyingly, but I didn’t even look at them, but instead of looking at them, they bounced off them and looked at them.

“Calm down and wake up. I need your strength.”

“I… are you not blaming me?”

“……”

Lee Han immediately wondered what he was talking about.

‘ah. You think it’s your fault.’

Anrago seemed to know that the reason the water spirit was acting like that was because he stabbed him with a paddle.

Do you have such an illusion?

“Your fault is right. But anyone can make mistakes.”

If so, there was no need for Lee Han to correct it.

“What matters is how you act after that.”

Anrago was unknowingly moved.

I never thought the day would come in my life when I would be so moved by the words of Mr. Wodanaz…!

“okay. Leave it to me!”

Anrago drew his sword and stood up.

Then Lee Han said as if asking what he was doing.

“What are you doing?”

“…wasn’t that telling me to bounce off the thorns? With my sword?”

“no. row.”

“……”

Anrago sat down again. and grabbed the oars.

In the meantime, the water spirit realized that no attack would work against that monstrous creature.

The trembling water spirit made a different choice.

“…for a moment!”

Lee Han noticed it belatedly and tried to stop him, but the water spirit had already started calling other friends.

“Shield, unfold!”

Lee Han spread his shield wide instead of water beads.

The frightened water spirits started targeting the ferry rather than Lee Han.

‘Cowardly spirits.’

Lee Han vowed that he would never let his guard down if he met the water spirit in the future.

While making the water shield thicker, Lee Han kept his composure, but the two white tiger tower knights screamed at the thorns of the water that kept flying.

The thorns flying viciously through the opaque shield of water might penetrate at any time.

I was more scared because Lee Han seemed relaxed.

Aren’t you scared?!

‘Professor Voladi will shed tears if he sees it.’

Lee Han was dumbfounded at the sight of the spirits attacking in a straight line without any change.

At this point, you should know that you can’t pierce the water shield. You keep doing the same attack?

During the fierce battle, the ferry accelerated faster and faster.

He began to distance himself from the frightened spirits.

“…Wait. Where are you driving?”

Lee Han realized that a ferry was running on the other side of the lake.

Because Anrago was rowing like crazy, he came to the island.