How to Survive at the Academy chapter 80

Freshman Class Placement Test (4)

Joseph Whitepeltz, who was the youngest to receive researcher status from the Togg Magic Society supported by the Imperial Castle.

He’s a talented person who doesn’t even need to come to Sylvania to learn basic magic, but the fact that he came to get a diploma shows how practical he is.

Even magical science research is only being carried out for a profit, and he has no such thing as academic sublime.

Joseph is the younger brother of Dorothy Whitefelts, head of the pension department among the pre-fourth graders.

Contrary to her sullen older sister, she has a quiet and gentle personality… On the contrary, the magics he studies were all noisy.

He is still a freshman and knows how to deal with lieutenant magic. three of them too.

He used Lieutenant Fire magic ‘One Point Explosion’, Lieutenant Freeze Magic ‘Ice Spear’, and Lieutenant Earth Magic ‘Earth Smash’… He was a wizard that could not be seen as a freshman level.

He is a talented person with a reason to have passed the ordeal of illusion magic at the forefront.

Of course, the head of the Ministry of Magic is worth aiming for, and if you beat Wade Callamore of the combat team, you can even aim for the head of the grade.

His hair is shaggy due to his reluctant nature to cut his hair. She only keeps her all-back look by raising her bangs with a thin-rimmed headband, but the back of her hair is almost sparse.

“Yeah, go ahead.”

Traces of the explosion are thick at the entrance to the altar. Anise quietly lowered her head under it.

The match between a wizard and a wizard is decided quickly.

Above all, if you become a wizard comparable to Joseph, you can quickly assess the level of your opponent. It’s a level where you can’t win in the first place.

Anise is a senior assistant and a talent that can be called a specialist in practical and academic fields… but in the field of combat magic, she is only slightly better than the average of the third graders.

Of course, it’s not at the level that the average freshman would rub. Only Joseph is special.

“…you don’t have to be so upset. That… your name is…”

“Anis Halan.”

“Yes, Anise-senpai.”

Joseph picked up the magic stone with a gentle voice. Behind Anise, you can see the pillars of the large altar. If you go there and offer the magic stone, the test will be over.

Joseph felt a little bland. The time invested in the actual test was more than the time invested in the mountaineering itself.

“Sunbaenim must have his own specialized field. It’s just that it wasn’t suitable for combat, and there are areas of your own that I don’t even dare to try…”

“It’s very misunderstood.”

Anise interrupted Joseph with her head down.

“I am angry, but I am not as angry as you think. Joseph, as you said, I have a specific field that I am good at.”

“then…”

“Don’t ask questions, if you want to pass, will you pass quickly…? I want to save some stamina because I have to deal with the students who come after you.”

Joseph lifted his head slightly and looked at Anise’s expression. Indeed, it is not that he is stunned by the difference in skill with Joseph.

I am definitely in my 3rd year of preparatory school, so the seniors are strong. Joseph shook his head and passed the turret anise.

After Joseph passed by, Anise sat down on a nearby rock.

And wiped away the tears.

I am angry I am angry However, it was distinctly different from Joseph’s point.

The basis for Anise’s ability to endure the long winter-like academic life was in her ‘perfect job’.

It’s not rude, and there’s no way to get things wrong with a minor mistake. He was able to constantly affirm himself in spite of the arduous academic life because he had lived a clean and perfect life in everything.

The reason Anis was upset was because of her incompetence.

He broke the magic equipment, was embarrassed by a rare mistake, couldn’t say anything, couldn’t come up with any alternatives, and he couldn’t even block the entrance to the northern altar in the end.

After this, Anise’s perfectionism became a double-edged sword and a dagger that pierced her own heart.

The pathetic image of a person who is always handsome, perfect, and flawless, but only twists at important moments, is himself.

Even though I have struggled as hard as I can, I am angry that I am still far from perfect.

Anise sat on a rock, sniffled, and looked at the altar at the top.

A blonde boy will be guarding the last altar. Anise, who seldom makes mistakes, has had all kinds of major accidents, but is a person who tries to rectify all of them on a whim.

Although he is angry, he does not get irritated even once, rather, he tries to lead the story in a constructive direction only.

Suddenly that face comes to mind.

the heart doesn’t care

Anise was sitting at the entrance to the altar… quietly patting my heart.

*

“The first guest.”

As Joseph entered the altar, he took a deep breath. Again, the exam did not end here.

There is a boy sitting on the altar.

The figure with her short, splendid blonde bangs rounded off is an aristocratic master. His sharp eyes are staring straight at Joseph, but the way he sits roughly on the altar is also very relaxed.

“And I want you to be the last guest.”

“It’s good that the test method is easy to understand.”

Joseph observed his surroundings in an instant.

There were five or six magic engineering items scattered around the altar. It seems to be an improved version of the illusion disk I saw on the way up.

However, the parts are scattered here and there as if someone had touched it in a hurry. Such high-end tech equipment cannot be easily repaired. Unless it’s just a simple function adjustment, it’s an item that can’t be surpassed with a fair amount of magical engineering knowledge.

Also, several trees that have grown near the altar have signs of cutting here and there, and a fairly large leather pouch is placed on the altar.

The contents were something, but seeing the energy felt, it was like a magic stone. It’s quite expensive, but I didn’t expect it to be piled up like that.

One thing that can be inferred is that this battlefield itself has already been orchestrated by that boy.

It is forbidden to be vigilant.

“You know what the exam is, right? All you have to do is offer the magic stone you brought with you to the altar. But, I won’t leave you alone.”

“The test method is also strange…”

Joseph shrugged his chin in contemplation before spitting out the story.

“If I succeed in overpowering the senior and offering the magic stone… Who will the students following me take the test with?”

“Well. That is not your concern.”

“It is. There must be alternatives.”

Joseph said so and focused his attention on his eyes.

The name of the blonde boy is unknown. However, by inferring from the color of the nameplate or the clothing, it belongs to the Ministry of Magic, just like the Anises he faced while coming up.

As mentioned earlier, wizards versus wizards can quickly determine each other’s vessels. Even if it’s not 100% perfect, it’s a rough estimate.

In Joseph’s eyes, Ed did not seem to have a strong magical power. Rather, Ed was borrowing the power of the magic stone dedicated to the altar.

If all powerful wizards could be subdued by borrowing the power of magic stones, who would work hard to study magic?

Horsepower is, after all, nothing more than fuel. No matter how large the amount of magical power you can grab right away, the low amount of magic you are born with means that the level of magic you are dealing with is very low.

A person’s total magical power will eventually increase to a certain extent as they train magic.

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Most of the magical power felt by the blonde boy is only the magic that relies on the magic stone, but he has very little of his own.

In other words… he hadn’t really trained his magic.

Even though it belongs to the Ministry of Magic.

Something starts to look pathetic… Joseph took a deep breath. Still, as a senior, I cannot underestimate it. It seemed that it would be better to use the lieutenant’s magic to finish it quickly.

I’m slowly starting to get hungry. Hurry up and go get some sandwiches.

With that thought in mind, Joseph raised his palms in the air.

After concentrating for a moment, he clenched his palms tightly and stared at the blond boy.

Lieutenant fire magic ‘one point explosion’.

Among the various magics of combat magic, it is famous for the evil magic that ‘you have to face if you don’t know’.

Casting itself isn’t fast, and you have to concentrate quite a bit… but once you’ve successfully cast it, it’s almost impossible to deal with.

Because it instantly causes an explosion of the size of the mana that you can handle at the desired point, you have to move ‘in advance’ to deal with a single point explosion.

A series of evasive maneuvers that detect the opponent’s intentions only with this small hand gesture, read the flow of magic power, and deviate from the target point.

Once the location of the explosion is determined, it cannot be easily changed, so once it can be read, it can be dealt with, but it is not easy to read it.

It’s hard if you don’t have enough magic combat experience, but Ed Roth Taylor quickly lowered his posture and rolled his body.

– Kwaang!!

Because it was activated quickly, the explosion was not as large as expected.

The one-point explosion has good versatility, but has poor magical efficiency. It has a level of firepower that can subdue the opponent, but it is difficult to inflict a critical hit.

If he reached a level that could handle high-level magic, he might be able to create an explosion that would even destroy a building, but it wasn’t Joseph’s level.

Ed quickly rolled himself out of the explosion and gathered his magical energy in his hand. Joseph deduces one attribute that Ed deals with only by looking at the energy of magical power.

‘Fire magic…!’

In the battle between elemental magic and elemental magic, the key is to know what element your opponent is dealing with.

Joseph gathered magic for defense magic in an instant and figured out the number of all cases.

‘Anything that can be used at that level of magic power is… ‘Fire’ or ‘Fire’…!’

If it is ignited, the fire will spread out through the floor. If it burns, it will come out in the form of radiation.

Whatever it is, it cannot break through Joseph’s defense magic. Joseph quickly took a stance and implemented the law.

Ed’s fire magic spread across the floor and attacked Joseph’s side, but the blazing flames only wrapped around Joseph, but did not spread heat to him.

‘The scale of the flame is larger than expected. One basic magic is a case that has been thoroughly trained. I could use Lieutenant’s magic…!’

In an instant, Joseph reverses his evaluation of his opponent.

He has been conducting research for a long time at the Tog Society, and he can estimate the overall magic ability of his opponent just by looking at his basic magic level.

I don’t know why he had such a small amount of his own magic power, but it wasn’t at the time he was questioning it.

‘But… I don’t think I have much experience in magic battles…!’

Ed’s fire magic continues to burn Josef’s defensive magic.

However, it is difficult to fill the skill gap. Ed’s flame cannot penetrate Joseph’s defense. You just keep wasting your magic power.

A seasoned mage finds another way rather than wasting magic in this way.

No matter how many mana stones are piled up, the consumption of ignition magic of this size is greater. Before the amount of mana, you will be exhausted and you will fall first.

Before long, the flame will be extinguished.

The moment I thought of that, a voice came from beyond the barrier.

“Joseph Whitepelz.”

Knowing how he knew his name, the other party called out Joseph’s name correctly.

The flame disappears, and Ed Roth Taylor’s figure appears in front of his nose.

Fire is not a means of attack. It is a smoke screen to cover the view. The moment he realized that fact, Ed Roth Taylor’s right foot was already squeezing in defensive magic.

The defensive magic circle blocks magical power, but if you push yourself through the entangled magic circle, it will break through. To prevent a physical attack, you have to implement a different type of law.

After kicking the boat as it was, Joseph squealed and fell. Joseph’s magic stone in his left hand rolled on the floor.

“Do you think that being a wizard will always only deal with wizards?”

When Ed tries to pick up the magic stone, a telekinetic magic that appears quickly pulls the magic stone into Joseph’s hand.

– Whik!

Joseph, who had managed to get the magic stone, stood up, grabbing his stomach in the corner. The shock lasted quite a while since he was Joseph, whose body was hardly trained.

“Heh heh heh heh heh heh…”

Joseph took a deep breath and barely walked away.

And I just finished understanding the situation.

Sylvania Academy is the best educational institution on the continent. Joseph shook his head a few times, and now he understood the intent.

Wizards basically presume magic warfare and train for battle. This is because the magic battles between wizards are the most profound and difficult.

However, in actual combat situations, magic battles should not always be the premise.

The real battle is a mud battle. As mentioned in the textbook, there are very few battles that consist of pure magical power.

Joseph chews the cud again for his greatest weakness. That is practical experience.

“I will not be vigilant. Seniors.”

Joseph looked down coldly. I was kicked so hard that I couldn’t breathe for a while, and there were problems, but it wasn’t to the point that the war situation was disrupted.

What is certain is that the opponent is a wizard, but he is not fighting as a wizard.

It’s completely different from the fact that Annis had just lost his skills as a wizard, and accepted defeat as usual.

Was it even to induce vigilance by placing anise in front of this?

Again, magical power gathers in Ed’s hand. Of course, Joseph could not stand still.

‘Fire magic again…!’

Joseph deals with three elements. fire, ice, and earth.

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Make a plan to build a sub-freezing magic ‘ice wall’. It will still block your view, but it’s not going to be as easy to break in as it was just because a physical wall is being built.

‘no…! Even this could be intentional!’

I thought about it, and then I quickly changed my mind. When ice and fire come in contact, it melts and steam rises. In the end, the intended purpose of obscuring the view will be achieved.

In magical skills, Joseph is superior. There is no reason to provide a variable to the other party for nothing.

Since the range of ignition is very wide, it is difficult to cover it with earth magic. If so, it will only cover the opponent with stronger fire.

No matter how fast Ed Roth-Taylor moved, he wouldn’t be able to break through the fire.

Power is more powerful. If your skills are superior, it is advantageous to make the fight structure simple!

In an instant, a flame of an unbelievable scale rose from Joseph’s hand, who cast ‘Burning’. The flames emitted go beyond the level of blocking the view and cover half of the vacant lot in front of the altar.

It’s not something that can be avoided. The moment Joseph is convinced of victory in his heart, Ed Roth-Taylor pops out ‘in the fire’.

He broke through quickly, and only a few parts of his clothes were on fire. But does that make sense?

Breaking through the burning fire head-on is crazy. You have to endure a big burn.

Despite this, Ed’s body didn’t burn a single hair, except for some burnt clothes.

‘Fire resistance…?’

– Whoa, whoa, whoa!

Soon the wind blew, blowing away all the flames that Joseph had embodied. Ed Roth Taylor is already in sight.

close combat.

He is confident about his magic casting speed.

Are you defending against physical attacks? Are you defending against magical attacks? In Easy Choice, Joseph managed to choose the correct answer.

-grasp!

Physical defense magic that appeared in an instant. He blocks the dagger that Ed pulled out of the leather sheath on his thigh.

When he saw the cutlery, Joseph’s eyes trembled greatly.

‘Mi, crazy…! Where did you get something like that from…!’

I didn’t really want to poke, but I’m getting goosebumps.

It is the horror that comes from the brutality of ‘actual battle’. Joseph swallowed one dry saliva.

However, if he defended against the physical attack, Joseph’s victory was decided from now on.

Since each other’s physical attacks are blocked, it’s a game of how quickly you can cast this next magic.

There was no way Joseph could be left behind in magic casting speed.

The moment he thought, a huge explosion wrapped around Joseph once.

– Kwaang!

“Wow, hey!”

Joseph did not let go of the magic stone he held in his left hand with a mental power close to that of a superhuman. While holding the magic stone as it was, he threw it out into the corner of the empty lot again.

As long as the magic stone hasn’t been stolen, it’s still fine.

“Whoops, whoops…”

Ed’s eyes, glaring at Joseph’s magic stone from the middle of the empty lot, wearing frayed clothes, are eerie. Joseph clenched his trembling right hand, barely holding himself back.

‘Practice’

The weight of the two letters pounded on Joseph’s chest, who had been locked up in the Magic Society’s laboratory and learned combat magic only through textbooks and practice matches.

There is no such thing as a safety device. There is no referee who decides winners and losers by scoring points. Because it’s not like Dalian.

Anyone can see that the sum of exchanges with Ed now was a ‘real battle’ itself.

The opponent is not a person who sets up a formal match and wins with pure magic alone.

Whether it’s a clever move or a dirty trick, he’s a person who comes forward with the sole purpose of subduing his opponent.

‘Don’t lose your mind…! Keep thinking…!’

It is impossible to predict what number the opponent will come up with next. In the first place, there is no such thing as a foul, so no one can say anything no matter how hard you try.

In order to receive a business card called Class A, it is necessary to be able to make this kind of improvisation. Taking that fact over again, Joseph took a deep breath.

‘Even so, you can’t cast basic magic faster than me. That’s if you engraved the law in advance… or gave the magic formula itself…! It’s a condensed magic casting process itself!’

Joseph began to roll his head quickly. His extraordinary brain is not in vain.

Come to think of it, it was strange that I just pierced the flames with my bare body. It doesn’t even look like he’s wearing flame resistant gear.

Where Joseph’s vast magical knowledge goes…

‘It’s spirit art..!’

Joseph took a defensive stance again. Ed didn’t move right away.

a moment of silence.

Contracted spirits often grant ‘always-on magic’ to the caster. These are the things that are collectively called ‘gaho’.

The ‘Blessing of Peace’ that is often given by the lower fire spirits. The always-on magic that temporarily increases fire resistance is the most likely.

In addition, the fact that he activated the explosion magic faster than Joseph is also explained.

‘Not a magic meal… a spirit meal…!’

Whether it’s magic, equipment, or strategy, it’s all done to outwit the opponent and subdue the enemy.

That blond nobleman, wearing half-tanned clothes and looking down at Joseph with a cold gaze, cannot be defined as a wizard. I just use magic.

A human who is just accustomed to battle itself. He fills in the differences in specifications with tricks… is a person who is thoroughly practical.

Joseph’s ability to respond to spirits isn’t that great. However, if you focus your mind, you can see the outlines of the lower spirits.

Gathering magic power between his forehead and directing his gaze, only then did he see the shape of a flame bat floating around Ed’s back.

‘Were you hiding that you could use elemental magic by cleverly mixing fire magic…!’

Come to think of it, that’s not all the chess pieces he’s hiding.

circumstance.

cut off branches. Magical equipment that rolls around the floor is trampled on by Joseph’s eyes. Besides that, it is highly likely that they are hiding something more technically.

Can you handle all of them…? Joseph is a realistic character. He shook his head quickly and adjusted his strategy.

“I lost. I will return the magic stone here.”

Having said that, Joseph slid the magic stone on the floor and threw it.

Ed’s gaze momentarily focused on the magic stone. It was a base that Joseph quickly came up with.

Even so, I can’t help but focus my attention from there. Because Ed’s purpose itself was to steal the magic stone.

In the moment when Ed’s eyes are focused, he realizes ‘Ice Spear’ at a faster casting speed than anyone else.

A quick cast reduces the power of magic. But it doesn’t matter. It’s just the second bait to get Ed’s attention. Ed was subconsciously convinced that he was predictable up to this point.

In the end, if you want to win a real battle, you have no choice but to outwit your opponent.

Joseph was a sorcerer to the bone, who studied only magic in the corner of the closet. Then Joseph kicks off the floor and flies away with an ice spear.

“Ahhh!”

His trembling fists cut through the air and headed towards Ed’s chin. Ed’s cheek, which was quickly bowing his head to be conscious of the ice spear, precisely hit Joseph’s regime.

– Puff!

Ed’s head shook and turned.

However, it just turned around.

Of course, there is no such thing as turning upside down or flying. the difference in weight

However, Joseph, who has been studying magic all his life, would come to such a predicament and punch him… Even Ed didn’t expect it.

As his fist was pierced, Ed’s head returned to normal once again. The cold looking gaze is the same.

distance is zero. If you raise your fist, it will reach you right away.

Joseph took a breathless breath. The last pride forced me to hold back my tears.

As Ed raised his hand to grab Joseph’s wrist, an unknown wind blew in.

– Whoa, whoa, whoa!

It’s not the magic that Ed implemented. However, the ‘always on magic’ that protects Ed’s body. It’s called the protection of the spirits.

There is no law that a contract could only be made with one spirit. That’s natural. Joseph was tossed by an unknown wind and tucked away in a corner of the vacant lot.

“Ouch! Whoops!”

And I just held my breath and held my breath. The pupil was already enlarged to the limit.

Seeing that even Ed himself was unaware that it was activated, that was definitely the protection of the spirits.

Joseph is oblivious to all the blessings of the spirits.

Once at a certain time, when an unexpected blow comes in, a magic that blows the enemy away with the wind to subdue them. ‘Protection of the storm’

It’s been a while since the contract was signed, so the activation speed is a bit slow. Still, it was definitely triggered.

There is only one spirit that provides that protection, at least as far as Joseph knows.

Joseph looked at the top of the altar stone with trembling eyes.

Come to think of it, the wind that just blown away all of Joseph’s fire magic wasn’t something Ed himself developed.

If Ed himself manifested, the wind had to be blown out based on Ed.

But the source of the wind must be… the top of that high stone monument.

Something invisible to Joseph’s sensibility. Obviously, he was sitting on a pedestal with that huge tombstone wrapped around him. If Joseph’s prediction is correct, that’s…

What the heck are you talking about how much more you have hidden in the future?

If so, is this the story that it has been touched up until now? Are there many new students to deal with in the future?

– ‘If I succeed in overpowering the senior and offering the magic stone… Who will the students following me take the test with?’

How arrogant was the thoughtless utterance?

– Whiik.

Ed pulled out his dagger and stood up again. The swaying gaze gives the illusion that the light from the eyes is flowing.

Joseph exclaimed in amazement.

“Gee, I really lost!”

Then, in an instant, he released the ‘one-point explosion’ magic and broke his magic stone on the floor.

It was the easiest declaration of surrender.

“…”

After watching the magic stone completely smashed and turned into shards for a while, Ed loosened the strength of his shoulders.

a moment of silence.

“Yeah, well done.”

Ed captured the dagger and put it in as if wondering what the battle was like so far. Only Joseph was confused.

“It was great in the end. It was a great decision in its own way. I ate one. Then go now.”

Then he straightened out his scorched school uniform and sat down on the altar again.

“…”

Joseph slowly got up from his seat and opened his mouth quietly.

“Seniors. what is your name?”

“Ed Roth Taylor.”

Ed took off his sleeves and sat quietly at the altar, waiting for his next opponent.

Seeing Ed sitting at the altar in the same shape as when he first entered, Joseph stuck out his tongue.

There was one thing I was sure of.

That human still had not used less than half of the number he had.