Chapter 280

Chapter 280

Chapter 280

The loop of misfortune caused by the wrong question.

It was a nightmarish situation for a divination mage.

And the best way to prepare for such a situation was

'To not get involved in the situation in the first place.'

It was a somewhat absurd answer, but it was the correct one.

Instead of attempting divination magic right away, the key was to recognize the trap hidden in the question and react accordingly.

The professor didn't expect the freshmen to have advanced techniques like leaving a sign in the divination that only they could recognize to escape the loop, or forcibly twisting the divination's point in time to the distant future or further ahead.

Just recognizing the trap in the question and reacting was enough to receive a high evaluation.

In contrast, the worst reaction was to attempt divination magic right away.

If a freshman jumped into a trap question unprepared, they would inevitably struggle until their mana ran out and faint, caught in the loop.

That should have been the case, but

Yi-Han casually waved his staff and attempted divination magic again and again.

Even Professor Parsellet was momentarily at a loss, unable to grasp the situation.

'What in the world...?'

Not noticing the perplexed look the professor was sending him, Yi-Han cast divination magic once more.

However, he couldn't see the future properly.

When nothing appeared before his eyes, Yi-Han tilted his head and canceled the magic.

It was as natural as breathing.

Of course, a considerable amount of mana was consumed in the process, but it had little effect on Yi-Han.

'Was this not the right approach to the problem?'

"Urgh..."

"!"

Yi-Han focused on the painful groans coming from beside him.

Although he couldn't see his friends due to the professor's curtain of illusion, he could hear them.

No matter how he listened, these were the agonizing sounds made when a magic attempt went terribly wrong.

"Ugh..."

"Ack..."

Thud!

It didn't end with just painful groans; there were even sounds of people collapsing on the floor.

Thanks to the rigorous training from Professor Boladi, Yi-Han could now assess the situation using his other senses even when his vision was blocked.

Judging from the dragging sounds and the absence of further groans

'They failed and were eliminated from the test?!'

Yi-Han couldn't understand it.

Of course, it wasn't an easy problem, but it wasn't to the point of collapsing like in Professor Boladi's tests.

'Could it be...?'

Yi-Han quickly grasped the situation.

It seemed that the divination magic question this time wasn't a simple test but one that involved recognizing the hidden trap.

If one failed to recognize the trap and just charged in, they could collapse like the friends who were just dragged out.

...Of course, Yi-Han had already attempted it a few times!

'I was lucky. It seems I could endure it because I have a lot of mana.'

Yi-Han sighed in relief.

Considering the amount of mana consumed by the divination magic, it wasn't surprising that the other students collapsed.

Now he had to approach it more cautiously.

'Did he realize it?'

Professor Parsellet raised an eyebrow when Yi-Han stopped the magic.

Although he was a beat late, judging from his reaction, he must have realized the true meaning of this test.

'Yes. Now stop the divination magic and point out the trap in this test... No!'

Yi-Han cast divination magic again.

Professor Parsellet was even more flustered than before.

Why!?

He realized it was a trap, so why was he doing such a thing?

'Come to think of it, there's no need to hold back on attempts.'

The reason Yi-Han resumed casting divination magic was simple.

Upon reflection, there was no need to approach it cautiously.

Because he had an abundance of mana!

Yi-Han repeatedly cast divination magic while pondering how to break through this loop.

In fact, he could have just thought about it without casting divination magic, but Yi-Han naturally repeated the attempts as if breathing, since he had plenty of mana.

Professors with plenty of disciples could afford to have a relaxed attitude, saying, 'If you don't want to take it, don't. I don't care,' but professors with few disciples could really end up with no one taking their class if they did that.

Of course, there were occasionally professors who would sit confidently in the lecture hall even without a single disciple, but that had to be considered an exceptional case.

'Since I'm going to take it anyway, I should be considerate of her.'

There was no harm in being considerate of the professor's position since he was going to take the class anyway.

Yi-Han kindly said, "Don't worry, Professor. Why wouldn't I come?"

"Youre already taking dark magic, summoning magic, illusion magic, enchantment magic, transformation magic, and healing magic."

Yi-Han was at a loss for words.

As expected of an outstanding divination mage, she was very sharp.

'She's definitely right about that!'

Direth suppressed a yawn as she waved her staff.

She had to make full preparations for the juniors who would soon be taking the dark magic final exam.

Coholti, who was in the same year, also waved his staff.

"Is everything ready?"

"Everything's ready. But don't you think there are too few bones? Shouldn't we bring more? The number of poison bottles seems a bit low too."

"It's fine. I heard there are less than five freshmen learning dark magic this time."

"..."

At Direth's answer, Coholti made a complicated expression.

It wasn't necessary to have many juniors, but when there were too few juniors learning the same magic as oneself, it made one feel conflicted.

"Why isn't anyone interested in dark magic?"

"Isn't it because of the King of Frost Giants summoned in the hallway last time?"

"T-That was a problem with an artifact, not related to dark magic!"

Coholti's face turned red.

Of course, Direth knew very well why dark magic wasn't popular.

'It would be strange if it were popular.'

If Direth saw an article in the Imperial Newspaper titled , she would think, 'Is the empire collapsing?'

It's just that every aspect of that magic was likely to be unpopular

"Ah. They're coming in."

As the first-year students entered one by one, the fourth-year students hurriedly hid behind the lecture hall.

It was a place with a recognition-lowering magic circle, so the first-year juniors couldn't see them.

"Hmm. Isn't the difficulty too high?"

Coholti suddenly seemed worried as he looked at the first-year juniors.

This dark magic final exam was a culmination of what they had learned in the first semester.

Curses, poisons, and bones.

A test that checked the fundamentals of these three areas.

It might sound simple, but such tests were usually more difficult.

Since they had to confront all three areas of dark magic head-on, if they were lacking in even one, there was no way to compensate for it.

"This should be fine. Why are you saying that now after deciding it together with the professor last time?"

"No... I'm just worried there might be even fewer than five..."

"..."

That was certainly true.

Direth was surprised that Coholti made a valid point for once.

Of course, it was too late to change it now, but

Click-

The door opened, and a student entered.

The student who entered cast curse magic in succession at the curse magic dummies, knocking them down, and then threw the bone fragments on the desk to cast bone magic.

In the center of the spacious lecture hall, a storm of bones raged, and the bone magic dummies were scattered about.

Clatter clatter clatter!

All of this happened in less than a few seconds.

Coholti watched with wide eyes and a gaping mouth, dumbfounded.

'What the???'

The freshman didn't stop there. Without a break, he summoned poison from the air and put it into the poison bottles.

The poison bottles, reacting to the properly made poison, emitted smoke. The higher the quality of the poison they contained, the thicker the smoke the bottles emitted, and they released such a foul smoke that it filled the entire lecture hall.

"W-Was it too... too easy? Huh? Strange? The level of the freshmen...?"

"No. It's just that one person who's strange."

Direth, who belatedly recognized the familiar face of the junior, answered coldly.

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